Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
William Masters: "some time on the 26th of December, we received a handbill from Sir John Fielding, describing this watch to have been stolen by a single highwayman on the 24th, with a reward of ten guineas over and above the reward allowed by act of parliament; between four and five that afternoon my apprentice came to me in the parlour, and brought me this watch and the handbill..." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 26 Dec 1767 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: corner of Bull and Gate, Holborn other location: in his shop |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Masters |
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: | Sir John Fielding |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Law, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Handbill |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1091 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 January 1768, Trial of William Hamilton (t17680114-2), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 January 1768, Trial of William Hamilton (t17680114-2), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1091, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
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