| Evidence: | Witness statements and prisoner's defence in trial for theft:
Francis Barnwell: "...the prisoner was then sitting down, reading the newspaper..."
Harriet Lindsey: "the prisoner was sitting, reading the newspaper..."
Tanner: "I had not left my master three hours before -I went there to look at the paper" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 31 Dec 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: between 8pm and 9:30pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Porcupine, Castle-street, Leicester Square 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: | William Tanner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) newspaper of the public house |
| Record ID: | 1961 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 10 January 1828, Trial of William Tanner (t18280110-92), |
| Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 10 January 1828, Trial of William Tanner (t18280110-92), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1961, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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