| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for burglary:
James Harrison: "I know both prisoners. On the 7th of September, I was in company with Underwood, at the Angel, Mr Fitzpatrick's, at Hoxton, between nine and ten o'clock. I took up the newspaper, to read it: I saw an account of the robbery of Mr Sharpe's house: I told him it was a great robbery..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 7 Sep 1781 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: between 9 and 10 | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: the Angel Hoxton other location: public house |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | James Harrison |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| 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) |
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: | 1129 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 17 October 1781, Trial of George Todd and James Underwood (t1781117-46), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 17 October 1781, Trial of George Todd and James Underwood (t1781117-46), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1129, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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