| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for stealing:
John Jackson: "I came up by coach, I got down at the White Horse Cellar in Piccadilly, I was very much benumbed with cold. I drank several glasses of rum on the road to keep out the cold, then I went and had a pint of beer, and read the newspaper, then I had another." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Dec 1782 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: before 10pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Piccadilly, White Horse Cellar 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: | John Jackson |
| 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: | 1132 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006),4 December 1782, Trial of Margaret Hall and Elizabeth Coleman (t17821204-68), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006),4 December 1782, Trial of Margaret Hall and Elizabeth Coleman (t17821204-68), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1132, accessed: 06 June 2023 |
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