| Evidence: | witness statement in trial for theft:
Charles Fenn: "I went into Mrs Bow's public house, the sign of the Wheat-sheaf, Holywell-street. I put my bankers book on the table, called for a glass of ale, I took up the newspaper; I staid in the house about five minutes, put down the newspaper and went out..." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 May 1807 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: for about 5 mins | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Wheat-sheaf, public house, Holywell-street other location: public house |
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| Reader: | Charles Fenn |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | apprentice to calico printers |
| 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) newspaper of the public house |
| Record ID: | 1161 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 1 July 1807, Trial of John Cooper, Joseph Dalton and Stephen Papps (t18070701-46), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 1 July 1807, Trial of John Cooper, Joseph Dalton and Stephen Papps (t18070701-46), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1161, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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