Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for shoplifting:
Mary Bennett: "I am the prosector's wife. I was in the shop ...I was sitting reading the newspaper, and the first thing I saw was the prisoner" |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 5 Dec 1827 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime: about 1pm | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: White Horse-yard, Drury Lane other location: the shop |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Bennett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | wife of woollen draper |
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: | 1960 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 December 1827, Trial of Michael Russell (t18271206-245), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 December 1827, Trial of Michael Russell (t18271206-245), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1960, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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