Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 17, 1904
Denaby Woman Raids the Pawnbrokers
Ellen Kelley, married woman, of Denaby, pleaded guilty to charges of theft.
On Saturday night last George Yates, assistant to Messrs. Whitaker and Co., pawnbrokers, of Denaby, missed a pair of boots from the shop.
On the Monday following prisoner attempted to pledge the boots at the same shop, and when questioned admitted to the assistant that she had stolen them.
She was also charged with stealing a pair of men’s boots from the same shop, on which she was advanced 3s. 6d. by Herbert Craven Taylor, the manager of Mr. Wray’s pawnshop, Denaby.
She admitted taking a silk handkerchief from Wray’s shop and pawning it at Whitaker’s.
Prisoner, who expressed sorrow, and said that she had been drinking heavily, was sent to prison for 28 days.