| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
John Brooks: "the handbill came from Sir John Fielding's on the 26th of December; I saw it in the shop between three and four, and the prisoner came in the evening... he told me he wanted ten guineas upon this watch... I seeing it answered the description in the handbill, I took that and the bill into the parlour to my master..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Dec 1767 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: between 3pm and 4pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: corner of Bull and Gate, Holborn other location: in shop of employment |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | John Brooks |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | servant/apprentice to 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: | borrowed (other) in shop of his master |
| Record ID: | 1092 | |
| 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=1092, accessed: 09 June 2023 |
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