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Record 1172

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
witness statement in trial for theft: George Nash: "I was never in the house before... I only staid while I drank my beer -I looked at the newspaper. I was not there above a quarter of an hour"
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 15 Jul 1817 and 31 Jul 1817
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: nr Burlington-house in Piccadilly
other location: public house
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:George Nash
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: apprentice waterman
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)
newspaper of the public house

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1172  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 17 September 1817, Trial of Samuel Sims (t18170917-216),

Citation: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 17 September 1817, Trial of Samuel Sims (t18170917-216), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1172, accessed: 19 April 2024

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