You could arrest every known member of the gang, and they'd have twenty alibis ready, and jolly good alibis too.
"Jack O' Judgment"
Edgar Wallace
At any rate, on this point also I was accused of being in error and the inquiry was thwarted by an assemblage of obstacles, impossibilities, lies and alibis which, to my mind, revealed the continuous and all-powerful action of an unlimited authority.
"The Woman of Mystery"
Maurice Leblanc
Then after arranging for alibis in case of criminal proceedings, the band dispersed, well satisfied with their night's work.
"Tales of Bengal"
S. B. Banerjea