| Evidence: | Defence of prisoner in his trial for theft
James Lewis: "...we went to the Gun, and he asked me to go in; the gentlewoman said come into the parlour, we staid there, and drank the liquor out, then we went into the kitchen, I was reading the newspaper, I went out to the door..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 15 Aug 1785 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Gun alehouse, Islington other location: public house, kitchen |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | James Lewis |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | probably sailor (came from Yarmouth to collect prize money) |
| 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: | borrowed (other) probably newspaper of the public house |
| Record ID: | 1138 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 September 1785, Trial of James Lewis (t17850914-23), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 September 1785, Trial of James Lewis (t17850914-23), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1138, accessed: 16 April 2024 |
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