Listings for Reader:
J.H.
Click here to select all entries:
William Harrison Ainsworth : Jack Sheppard
Statement of juvenile offender: "I never was in prison before. I was taken into custody for attempting to rob my master... I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed; I have read part of his life; I think he was a clever man; I don't know that reading his life created any difference in my mind."
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
William Harrison Ainsworth : Jack Sheppard
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."
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book
[unknown] : [books about voyages]
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."
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book
[n/a] : Bible
The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.H.: 'Repeat the Collect and 4th, 5th and 6th chapters of St John.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.H. Print: Book
[n/a] : Bible
The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.H.: 'Repeat the Collect and 16th verse of 8th, and 50th verse of 9th chapters of St Luke.'
