Newspaper Extracts
Robbery of Jewelry at Rotherham
18th June, 1860At an early hour on Saturday morning a robbery of watches and jewelry to the value of about £300. was perpetrated at the shop of Mr. William Bray, pawnbroker, Bridgegate, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
The robbers effected an entrance by climbing, by means of a ladder, to the back window on the second storey, and sliding the hasp, the only fastening, by inserting a knife between the sashes. Mr. Bray had not taken the precaution either to remove his watches and jewelry out of the shop window or secure the inner door of the shop, and the robbers consequently found no obstruction after getting through the window. They carried off 18 gold and 50 silver watches, 20 gold and 40 silver guards, in addition to a considerable quantity of brooches and other jewelry.
The robbery was discovered about 2 o'clock the same morning, and three men were a few hours afterwards apprehended at Sheffield on suspicion of being concerned in it, but no part of the property was found upon them.
They were taken before the Sheffield magistrates on Saturday, and remanded until Tuesday.
