A riskier but more profitable game than burgling an empty house-if it came off.
"The Hampstead Mystery"
John R. Watson
So, to obviate this risk and prepare Hill, Birchill hit on the plan of telling him that he'd found the judge's dead body while burgling the place.
"The Hampstead Mystery"
John R. Watson
"But I guess I won't take up the case; un-burgling ain't no common crime.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler