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It is nonsense to say that an article such as a pack of cards can be compared with ajemmy.
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I remember a case in which the police swore that they had seen, in the middle of the night, two people dropping jemmies.
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To-day, the motor car, stolen for the occasion, is as much the instrument of housebreaking as ajemmy.
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What will happen if the official leaves hisjemmyon the landing and the householder falls down the stairs?
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It is precisely the same thing as handing back thejemmyto a burglar.
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It will be rather like giving evidence about burglars' kit and omitting any mention of thejemmy.
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The question is, was he going to use thejemmyand had he no authority to do so?
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The term "jemmy" or "jimmy" most often refers to the tool when used for burglary.
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Jemmywas renowned for walking everywhere rather than paying the cost of a carriage.
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