| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft:
Henry Butt: "On the 26th of August I took in two gravy spoons... Two days after...a handbill came in; I read it over, and thought it was some of this plate: I shewed it [to my employers]: the two spoons I delivered up at Bow-street." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 28 Aug 1789 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: place of employment, pawnbroker's shop |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Henry Butt |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | probably servant to pawnbrokers |
| 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: | n/a |
| Genre: | Law, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Handbill |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1103 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 24 February 1790, Trial of John Brown (t17900224-11), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 24 February 1790, Trial of John Brown (t17900224-11), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1103, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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