But there are men and women who put up burglaries and robberies and criminal schemes in order that they may give information and get their victims caught in the act.
The London police were amazed at the long series of burglaries which began with Adam Worth's arrival in London.
Other burglaries were quickly organized, and Charles Becker was busily employed forging cheques on banks in England and France.
Conceivably one of the great burglaries of criminal history might be in progress.
There've been so many burglaries lately--" She ceased, uncertain of her voice.
It is but fair to add that Sir John Fielding, who was examined in 1772 as to the numerous burglaries committed in the metropolis, stated that the watch was insufficient, "that their duty was too hard and their pay too small.
Everyone said it was more to the point than the half-mile speeches which took up so much of the newspapers to the exclusion of murders, burglaries and divorces.
In the year 1890 there was a curious outbreak of burglaries and other light fingered works of art resulting in numerous criticisms of the authorities and a final appeal to Judge Lynch.
Gee whiz, I wanted Harry to tell him that scouts don't get mixed up with burglaries and things like that, but he didn't bother to tell him anything.
As long as we've been mixed up with burglaries and all like that, and as long as we got this money in that way, we'll have that cabin named Robbers' Cave.
But a number of sensational and successful burglaries at the houses of Town Councillors and other well-to-do citizens of Hull revealed the presence in their midst of no ordinary robber.
Life in Nottingham was varied pleasantly by burglaries carried out with the help of information supplied by Mrs. Adamson.
During the last three months of Peace's career, Blackheath was agog at the number of successful burglaries committed in the very midst of its peaceful residents.
There, less than a fortnight after his arrivel{sic}, he was sentenced to four years' hard labour for several burglaries committed in and about that city.
So poor, as a rule, are the husbands that the police aver that the anniversaries are preceded by an unusual crop of petty thefts andburglaries committed by them in their efforts to provide their customary gifts.
We have heard of frequent burglaries in these parts of late, and we have overheard these fellows boasting of how they have put the police off the track.
Huffey White was a more expert and notorious housebreaker, and perpetrated more adroit burglaries and robberies, than any other malefactor of his time.
A List of persons discovered, apprehended, and convicted of several robberies on the highway; and also for burglaries and housebreaking; and also for returning from transportation; by Jonathan Wild.
Sometimes these little fellows undertake burglarieson their own account, but they are generally caught by the police.
Seabourne had certainly been unfortunate in the matter of burglaries of late.
Hilary's suspicions were founded upon nothing more tangible than the fact that Margaret's cheeks were unusually pink that morning when the burglaries were being discussed.
It was perhaps one of the most unpremeditated burglariesthat had ever taken place.
There was no vestige of a proof here that Miss Carson had had a hand in the two first burglaries as well as in the last.
Really, she thought, she had a right to be proud of herself, for had she not shown more intelligence and acumen in the detection of the Seabourne burglaries than every police official in the town.
The majority of large country burglaries are planned for days in advance, and every detail is most carefully arranged.
Men under twenty-five are responsible for 75 per cent of crimes committed in Chicago, and 50 per cent of robberies and burglaries are done by boys under nineteen.
No further attempts at such robberies took place for some time, but in the year 1888 several daring burglaries took place at post offices in London.
These three burglaries in conjunction seem to indicate the work of one gang of professional burglars hailing probably from the Metropolis.
Ere the excitement of these two burglaries had passed off as a nine days' wonder, another robbery equally bold in character took place, and this time in the very centre of the city of Bristol, and in its most frequented thoroughfare.
The dead man was Bush, and it was his threat to give the burglaries away unless he had a larger share of the spoil than had been assigned to him which made the old lady shoot him in an ungovernable fit of rage.
Let's go back to the Grange Park burglaries for a moment," Quarles began slowly.
Let's go back to the Grange Park burglaries for a moment, and suppose that a gang of expert thieves under the name of Crosland took Clarence Lodge.
The former, however, had a sequel that I would rather forget than all our burglaries put together.
But this trouble was unavailing, for at intervals theburglaries continued.
It had been some weeks since any burglaries had been committed in the neighbourhood, and it was the general opinion that the miscreants had considered this field worked out and had transferred their labours to a better-paying place.
There have been many burglaries lately in various parts of Hengishire," explained the secretary.
There's been a lot of burglariesin this neighborhood of late.
As there have been many burglaries lately in this part of the world," he said, speaking with deliberation, "I got an idea into my head that this house might be broken into.
For during those days there had been five burglaries in that town, and the little place, ordinarily no more excited than most summer resorts, had become almost hysterical.
As he looked carelessly through an evening paper which he had taken up to pass the time, he happened to notice the following bit of news: “The village of Marston is very much excited over several burglaries committed there recently.
I haven’t been there for a long time, and the burglaries will give me a good excuse for leaving my patients.
Six months ago," corrected Giles gravely; "but how do you account for the fact that wherever that yacht has been burglaries have taken place?
He was content to seduce the daughters and servants of the masters for whom he worked, and to commit occasional burglaries that involved little risk.
The proceeds from the burglaries would have permitted him to dress elegantly, to show off with the finest women.
The night after the stones had disappeared three clever burglaries took place in Lahore, and the thieves made valuable hauls in each case, but we could get no clue.
The prisoners proved to be connected with burglaries which had taken place all over the Punjab and far beyond.
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