| Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
Q: "How came Mrs Carey to read the almanack?"
Norris: "She was reading it, looking over it to see what day of the month it was"
"...I heard a person reading a newspaper...I mean an almanack, not a newspaper"
Q: "What sort of almanack was it?"
A: "Almost like a newspaper, it was stuck up against the wall" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Dec 1800 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: 12pm for about 5 mins | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London Wheat-sheaf public house 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: | Carey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | landlady of the public house |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Eleanor Norris, keeper of a lodging house near Watford |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Broadsheet, Poster, Almanack |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ on the wall in the public house |
| Record ID: | 1153 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 January 1801, Trial of Joseph Roberts (t18010114-23), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 14 January 1801, Trial of Joseph Roberts (t18010114-23), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1153, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
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