| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for pickpocketing:
Thomas Burch: "On Monday morning the 7th of July, the prisoner brought this watch to me... I lent him two guineas on it; after that I read the Advertiser, the advertisement mentioned a green ribbon, but this is a white one, everything else answers; I immediately went with it to Justice Fielding..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 7 Jul 1766 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Fox-court other location: in his shop |
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| Reader: | Thomas Burch |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Daily Advertiser |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1076 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 September 1766, Trial of William Angels (t1760903-42), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 September 1766, Trial of William Angels (t1760903-42), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1076, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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