| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 pages
...for no method of robbery (fays he) is more praftifed, than gaining admittance into houfes by thofe keys, which, as is well known, may be procured at...ufe. Such robberies are generally committed where the femots are allowed to take the key with them. when fent on errands, it being impracticable while the... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...for no method of robbery (fays he) is more practiled, than gaining admittance into houies by thofe keys, which as is well known, may be procured at the...them, when fent on errands, it being impracticable while the key is fixed in the lock. The variations, b} which the production of correfpondent keys is... | |
| 1816 - 746 pages
...for no method of robbery (fays he) is more practifed, than gaining admittance into houl'es by thofe keys, which, as is well known, may be procured at the old iron fhops to fit almoft any lock in ufe. Such robberies are generally committed where the fervants are... | |
| 1823 - 856 pages
...For no method of robbery (says he) is more practised, than gaining admittance into houses by those keys, which, as is well known, may be procured at the old iron shops to fit almost any lock in. use. Such robberies are generally committed where the servants .are... | |
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