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Record Number: 1081


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for theft: Mary Flint: "...in consequence of a handbill that I received I had the prisoners taken into custody..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1810 and 28 Feb 1810

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Edgware Road
other location: at her shop

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:

Mary Flint

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

pawnbroker

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:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Handbill

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
owned? distributed


Source Information:

Record ID:

1081

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 April 1810, Trial of Thomas Hatcher and Ann Hatcher (t18100411-97),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 April 1810, Trial of Thomas Hatcher and Ann Hatcher (t18100411-97), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1081, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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