That there were, still living, people enough who were able and willing to identify him, I could not doubt. That he would be leniently treated, I could not hope. He who had been presented in the worst light at his trial, who had since broken prison and had been tried again, who had returned from transportation under a life sentence, and who had occasioned the death of the man who was the cause of his arrest.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 54. Following Magwitch’s arrest, Pip is concerned that he will be treated harshly under an unforgiving English justice system. He also fears he will be blamed for the drowning of Compeyson, the man who caused his arrest. There is foreshadowing here as there is no leniency shown towards Magwitch.