| Evidence: | Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I was never in prison before. I have been twice discharged, and am now waiting for trial... I have heard the 'Life of Jack Sheppard' read; it did not lead me to think of anything good, but I am sure it would lead young folks to do everything bad. The man I heard read it lived in a house in Gore-street, and sold penny-beer, asnd other things: it is a house where men and boys meet" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1841 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Liverpool specific address: Gore street other location: a thieves' kitchen or house of ill fame |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | probably proprietor of thieves' kitchen or house of ill fame |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
J.H., aged 17, juvenile offender, and probably other boys of similar age and description |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Harrison Ainsworth |
| Title: | Jack Sheppard |
| Genre: | Fiction, History, crime |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group reading group |
| Record ID: | 1567 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 415-6, |
| Citation: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 415-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1567, accessed: 29 November 2023 |
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