| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for stealing:
William Watson: "...my house was robbed on the 17th of March... I told my case and on the 19th, I saw in the newspaper a description that answered my marks; I went to the constable and told him what I had..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Mar 1784 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Watson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | bricklayer |
| 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: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1135 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Trial of Nicholas Todd and George Kayton, 'Old Bailey Sessions Papers', 21 April 1784 (t17840421-32), |
| Citation: | Trial of Nicholas Todd and George Kayton, 'Old Bailey Sessions Papers', 21 April 1784 (t17840421-32), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1135, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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