Hatton Place is an area where the Hatton Garden Magistrates Court resided. This is a highly residential area. The court was presided over by A.S. Laing, a real magistrate. Dickens based Fagin off of this man. My thoughts are that Laing must have been a conniving man who took advantage of people, especially children. It is very interesting to me that Dickens based some of these characters after real people. It is neat to be able to go to these sites and picture what Dickens saw and what influenced his ideas. It is kind of ironic that Dickens bases Fagin off of a magistrate, one who is a civil officer and administers the law. Fagin is constantly involved in crime and taking advantage of others for himself.
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