Possible Clues:

• Dickens's character preparing to light up?
• "Oliver Twist" baddie
• Dickens's 'merry old gentleman'
• Oliver Twist character
• Dickens' thief/receiver
• “Oliver Twist” villain
• Gang leader (Oliver Twist)
• What smoker's mouth has is criminal
• Obliged to arrest leader of gang - he hanged
• Twisted character in “Oliver Twist”