Evidence: | Accounts of prisoners:
J.A., aged 31, Reg. no. 325. 'This criminal when committed could not repeat the Lord's Prayer, although he could read and was intelligent. He learnt several portions of Holy Scripture, and incorrigible as he at first appeared, yet showed some proper feeling before his trial, when his was acquitted.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1848 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Reading Gaol other location: in his cell |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | J.A. |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoner, committed for poaching |
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: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison issue |
Record ID: | 15253 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Field | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1848, 2nd edn | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 132 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Field, Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment (London, 1848, 2nd edn), 2, p. 132, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15253, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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