Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for for theft/ receiving stolen goods:
Robert Alexander: "[the prisoner] brought a saw to pawn... I lent him 2s upon it; the next morning I was reading the Public Advertiser, I saw this saw expressed particularly, and mentioned to have been stolen; I went to Mr Fieldings as the advertisement directed..." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Jan 1759 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Robert Alexander |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | pawnbroker |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Public Advertiser |
Genre: | Ephemera, Y |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 1071 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 28 February 1759, Trial of William Wilson and Mary Harris (t17590228-13), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 28 February 1759, Trial of William Wilson and Mary Harris (t17590228-13), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1071, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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