A gang of drivers; criminals who break into homes and make victims confess or are their savings by burning their feet (Drivers; type of French criminal active from the 18th to the 20th centuries; In gangs; they carried out Home invasions on remote; rural dwellings; then tortured the householders into revealing the hiding places of savings or valuables; This was often done by burning victims feet in the fireplace; which gave rise to the name for them) Engraving from ?????Les francais sous la revolution?????by Challamel and Tenint; 1843 Private collection