Evidence: | Witness statements and prisoner's defence in trial for theft:
Francis Barnwell: "...the prisoner was then sitting down, reading the newspaper..."
Harriet Lindsey: "the prisoner was sitting, reading the newspaper..."
Tanner: "I had not left my master three hours before -I went there to look at the paper" |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 31 Dec 1827 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: between 8pm and 9:30pm | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Porcupine, Castle-street, Leicester Square other location: public house |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Tanner |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1801 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | 1961 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 10 January 1828, Trial of William Tanner (t18280110-92), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 10 January 1828, Trial of William Tanner (t18280110-92), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1961, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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