Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft:
Rebecca Johnson: "I began to wash a few things after dinner, and soon after she came -we dine at one o'clock; we have a newspaper, which comes at one, and goes at three -my husband goes to work about five minutes past two; the newspaper had been about three-quarters of an hour when she came ...Mr Whitewood let her in; he was reading the newspaper when she knocked."
Anthony Whitehead: "I am a sail-maker and lodge at Johnson's... [I] let the prisoner is from half-past two to three o'clock -I was reading the paper when she knocked..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 20 Mar 1832 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime: between 2pm and 3pm | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Samuel-place, Rose-lane, Ratcliffe location in dwelling: in lodgings |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Anthony Whitewood |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | sail-maker |
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: | n/a |
Genre: | Ephemera, Y |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group circulates among a reading group in the neighbourhood? |
Record ID: | 1105 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 5 April 1832, Trial of Abigail Moss (t18320405-61), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 5 April 1832, Trial of Abigail Moss (t18320405-61), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1105, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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