| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for burglary:
Joseph Jackson: "I come on account of recollecting a circumstance in an advertisement, that I saw in the newspaper, concerning the robbery committed on the 25th of May...What brought me was to see whether it is either of the prisoners at the bar, on account of an advertisement that I read in a newspaper..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 25 May 1783 and 4 Jun 1783 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Joseph Jackson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | letter case maker |
| 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: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1133 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 4 June 1783, Trial of James Grant and William Smith (t17830604-30), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 4 June 1783, Trial of James Grant and William Smith (t17830604-30), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1133, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
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