Record Number: 1095

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: Thomas Brown: "I took an axe of Jones the same evening afterwards; that was on the Tuesday evening and on Wednesday there was a handbill mentioning these things; I was going up to Bow-street..."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

13 Dec 1786

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Brown

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Law, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Handbill

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

1095

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 13 December 1786, Trial of William Jones, John Turner and Henry Staples (t17861213-80),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 13 December 1786, Trial of William Jones, John Turner and Henry Staples (t17861213-80), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1095, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None