Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods; witness reads a 'bogus' invoice to the court:
Q: "Is the invoice in a business-like form?"
A: "Certainly not; it ought to have the name to it. It only says (reads) '50 pieces, 534 yards, 2 pieces of handkerchiefs, 24 yards.'" |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 Dec 1817 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Old Bailey courthouse other location: court |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | George Deboos |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | silk dyer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
the court |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: invoice |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned owned |
Record ID: | 1897 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 December 1817, Trial of James Brown and William Sherwin (t18171203-146), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 3 December 1817, Trial of James Brown and William Sherwin (t18171203-146), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1897, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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