| Evidence: | Statement of juvenile offender:
"When I left school I went to Mr Banks, bookseller, two years. I had good opportunities of reading then, voyages and such; read the Life of Jack Sheppard. I borrowed it from another boy... I read 'Jack Sheppard' about five months before I began the robberies." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1841 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | J.H. |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1823 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | as apprentice to bookseller |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [books about voyages] |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from place of employment |
| Record ID: | 1578 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 422, |
| Citation: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 422, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1578, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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