Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for murder:
Samuel Davis: [in reply to question about length of time he spent in the water closet] Some few minutes -I cannot say how long, not longer than was necessary... I had a newspaper reading there..."
Jonathan Smithies [his defence]: "[Davis] asked me for my Sunday's newspaper, saying he wished to use the watercloset -he took the newspaper... [I waited] sufficient time for him to come out; I then went down again, having occasion to go to the watercloset myself, and asked him if he was coming out, when he said, 'I shall be half an hour yet' -he had the newspaper with him and I suppose he was reading it..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 27 May 1832 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at lodgings, in the water closet |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Davies |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | apprenticed to cabinet maker, but now an auctioneer |
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 |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) from fellow lodger |
Record ID: | 1106 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 5 July 1832, Trial of Jonathan Smithies (t18320705-4), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 5 July 1832, Trial of Jonathan Smithies (t18320705-4), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1106, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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