An amusing article on crime in 1911. Something about "have your cake and eat it!" Sheffield Independent July 1911 Burglar Baker After effecting an entrance to a bakehouse after midnight on Tuesday, a youth who has been caught by Detective Bowmer,of the Sheffield force, found a recipe book and proceeded to make a sponge cake,which he had the temerity to devour. The bakehouse broken into was that of Mr Reginald HAYCOCK of 438 Ecclesall road,entrance to which was obtained through a window. After trying his hand in the culinary art the intruder decamped with about 2s in cash. By breaking a panel he effected an entrance to adjoining premises occupied by MR Archie ALDAN of Carter Knowle road,as a photographic studio, and from there he took an overcoat and one or two small articles. Mr HAYCOCK gave the police a description of the youth who used to work for him, and yesterday afternoon Detective BOWMER saw a youth who answered the description in Fargate. This youth Arthur FIELDS (19) of Valley road,Meersbrook will be brought before the magistrate this morning. Many other detailed crime reports from the Sheffield area Glenn Piper researching PIPER-UK. Sheffield 1911 newspapers on cd/dvd. Free surname and general index.2466 surnames so far Other indexes in progress. See www.cpiper.freeserve.co.uk I use Archive books to help my research. www.archivecdbooks.org