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Record Number: 1163


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

prisoner's statement in trial for theft: Brown: "I was going to the West India Dock, I had a newspaper in my handing reading of it, and when I got into the court I was reading of it..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

6 Oct 1809

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Bishopsgate-street, while walking

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:

William Brown

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1778

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)
probably

Occupation:

n/a

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: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1163

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 1 November 1809, Trial of Samuel Taylor and William Brown (t18091101-67),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 1 November 1809, Trial of Samuel Taylor and William Brown (t18091101-67), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1163, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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