Evidence: | Defence of prisoner in his trial for theft
James Lewis: "...we went to the Gun, and he asked me to go in; the gentlewoman said come into the parlour, we staid there, and drank the liquor out, then we went into the kitchen, I was reading the newspaper, I went out to the door..." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 15 Aug 1785 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Gun alehouse, Islington other location: public house, kitchen |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | James Lewis |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | probably sailor (came from Yarmouth to collect prize money) |
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) probably newspaper of the public house |
Record ID: | 1138 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 September 1785, Trial of James Lewis (t17850914-23), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 September 1785, Trial of James Lewis (t17850914-23), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1138, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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