| Evidence: | Prisoner's defence in trial for forgery:
"On reading Bell's Weekly Messager of the 25th of January last, which fell into my hands, I found the following paragraph, which I shall read to you from the paper itself. (Here the prisoner read from the paper the paragraph, stating that oxalic acid, in small quantities, was good for punch.)" |
||||||||||
| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 7 Apr 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Old Bailey Courthouse other location: court |
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
||||||||||
| Reader: | John Hill Wagstaff |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1797 |
| 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) |
the court |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Bell's Weekly Messager |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | published 25 January 1824 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1951 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 7 April 1824, Trial of John Hill Wagstaff (t18240407-89), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 7 April 1824, Trial of John Hill Wagstaff (t18240407-89), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1951, accessed: 29 May 2023 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)