Fill in the Blanks purpose and contrast clausesOnline version crime vocabulary by maria GONZALEZ 1 In of spite whereas though for prevent from even He seemed to be a quiet guy he had been convicted for two arson attempts - having faced a mugger , the old woman kept on walking in the street . That evening , the boy came into three shops commiting shoplifting - The lawyer pleaded manslaughter to the acussed being sent to prison . Thomas was a well known smuggler his father was a decent doctor .