| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft:
Thomas Tuck: "Last Saturday, about three o'clock, the prisoner was in my parlour, drinking a glass of liquor; I keep a public house; I lost the things mentioned in the indictment; he was looking at the newspaper for about an hour and a half..." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Sep 1797 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: from 3pm for an hour and a half | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: parlour of public house |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | John Simmonds |
| 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: | 1149 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 20 September 1797, Trial of John Simmonds (t17970920-14), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 20 September 1797, Trial of John Simmonds (t17970920-14), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1149, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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