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Record Number: 1905


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statements in trial for coining/forgery: John Limbrick: "I am an officer of Hatton Garden. I was with Read at the Lincoln's Inn coffee-house; we sat down and had a pint of beer, and saw the prisoner there, reading the newspaper, and leering under his hat at us"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

13 Apr 1819

Country:

England

Time

daytime: between 5pm and 6pm

Place:

city: London
specific address: Lincoln's Inn coffee-house in the Strand
other location: coffee house

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Clark

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
newspaper of the coffee house


Source Information:

Record ID:

1905

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 April 1819, Trial of James Clark (t18190421-69),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 April 1819, Trial of James Clark (t18190421-69), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1905, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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