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Record Number: 1067


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for housebreaking/receiving stolen goods: Thomas Davies: "I think it was in the middle of November I saw it in the 'Morning Advertiser' -I never heard of it, or read it before, on my oath, I did not speak to my brother about it when I read it in the 'Morning Advertiser'..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1828 and 30 Nov 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Thomas Davies

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

mariner; last post captain's steward on an Indiaman

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Morning Advertiser

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1067

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 19 February 1829, Trial of James Gallawin and George Sewell (t18290219-166),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 19 February 1829, Trial of James Gallawin and George Sewell (t18290219-166), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1067, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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