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Record Number: 25471


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for murder: Richard John Moxey: '[Manning] said, "Is the wretch taken?"—I said I did not know, 1 believed so from what I had seen in the newspaper'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 27 Aug 1849

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Richard John Moxey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

superintendent of the police at Edinburgh

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:

[n/a]

Title:

[newspaper]

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25471

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 30 April 2009), 29 Oct 1849, Trial of Frederick George Manning, Maria Manning (t18491029-1890),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 30 April 2009), 29 Oct 1849, Trial of Frederick George Manning, Maria Manning (t18491029-1890), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25471, accessed: 17 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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