| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
Sharpling: "last Thursday was with [the prisoner] between four and five o'clock, he was very much in liquor, this was at the Bear and Ragged Staff; I was looking over the newspaper, he insisted on my drinking a glass of wine with him..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Sep 1766 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: between 4pm and 5pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London 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: | Sharpling |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | clockmaker |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| 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) newspaper of the public house |
| Record ID: | 1122 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 September 1766, Trial of Thomas Jacocks (t17660903-71), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 September 1766, Trial of Thomas Jacocks (t17660903-71), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1122, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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