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For the moment he had to content himself with formulating a long string of serious charges against Villa, ranging from military insubordination to burglary, highway robbery, and rape. It was even given out at headquarters that Villa had struck his commanding general.
By a fortunate circumstance Maloney picked up a hint from one of the servants, and he has located her at the Grattan Inn in this city. In other words, Mrs. Branford has stolen her own jewels from herself in order to collect the burglary insurance a common- enough thing in itself, but never to my knowledge done on such a large scale before."
A dash along the hall for the front door meant the raising of an alarm, and probably a bullet as a discourager of burglary. Should I escape this, I could be certain of a warm reception from the enemies on watch outside. Prudence lay in facing the one rather than risking the many. I accepted the invitation and walked into the room. "I was expecting you," said the harsh voice composedly.
In the police court they pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, and were promptly indicted by the grand jury. At the trial they claimed to have gone into the house to sleep, said they had found the bunch of keys on the stairs, denied having the candles at all or that they were in a room on the top story, and asserted that they were in the entrance hall when arrested.
He had been of the party of Gowrie’s father, during that nobleman’s brief tenure of power in 1582, 1583, and, when Gowrie fell, Logan was ordered to hand his eyrie of Fastcastle over, at six hours’ notice, to the officers of the King. Later he appears in trouble for highway robbery committed by his retainers. Among the diversions of this country gentleman was flat burglary.
"Another trial?" Then he explained to her the course of affairs, that the men might not improbably be tried at Carlisle for stealing the box, and again in London for stealing the diamonds, that two distinct acts of burglary had been committed, and that her evidence would be required on both occasions.
But let us have it a little clearer if you can. Is it forgery, coining, burglary where does the money come from?" "Have you ever read of Jonathan Wild?" "Well, the name has a familiar sound. Someone in a novel, was he not? I don't take much stock of detectives in novels chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business."
"The night before last, Mr. Wood's house was broken into and plundered. Your son was seen by the carpenter's wife in company with the robbers. Here," he added, throwing a handbill on the bed, "are the particulars of the burglary, with the reward for Jack's apprehension." "Ah!" ejaculated the widow, hiding her face.
The burglary was not in itself of an aggravated character. Plate only was stolen, and that had been concealed under the gravel bed of a little rivulet which ran through the grounds. No violence or threat of violence had been offered to any inmate of the house, yet the case was looked upon as serious because of the position of trust which had been held by the two butlers.
"Surely you don't mean, madame, that the Government of England would descend to burglary, robbery yes, and murder, even, for the poor soldiers who guarded the treasure were as effectually murdered as if they had been assassinated in the street? You don't imagine that the British Government would stoop to such deeds as these?" The old lady shook her head wisely.
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