Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft:
James Robertson: "I keep a public house in Stanhope-street, Clare market -the prisoner and another came in on the 12th of February, and called for a pot of hot -they went into the parlour, where the clock was -I had the paper-hangers at work there the night before, and asked them to go into the tap-room, but they objected -the man with him came out and read the newspaper to me at the bar -this raised my suspicion -I told my servant to keep watch..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 12 Feb 1834 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Stanhope-street, Clare Market other location: public house |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1814 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) probably, but unknown |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
James Robertson, landlord of public house |
Additional comments: | accomplice to Thomas Lambert |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Ephemera, Y |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) newspaper of the public house |
Record ID: | 1110 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 20 February 1834, Trial of Thomas Lambert (t18340220-161), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 20 February 1834, Trial of Thomas Lambert (t18340220-161), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1110, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Description of reader includes approximate age, late teens to early twenties |
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