burgling

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After that he did a bit o' burgling, and it cost 'is old man no end o' money to hush it up Well, what did you want him for?"

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  • Bradford Crown Court heard Haldenby was arrested on suspicion of burgling two unoccupied houses at Poplar View and Syc
  • Bill Stewart, the P-fuelled fugitive who has been living rough and burgling houses on the outskirts of Christchurch has eluded the police again this afternoon. —  ScreenTalk
  • A Whitley man appeared in court charged with burgling a town centre flat of more than —  getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed
  • That's obstruction of justice, and I hope the self-burgling ACORNs involved get a nice federal sentence for it. —  Latest Articles
  • So if you come down stairs in the night and find someone holding a broom handle, mistake it for a sword and then blow him out of his burgling boots with a 12 bore the fact that you were wrong about the danger you were in does not matter, you are still fine under the law. —  Army Rumour Service
 

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