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Record 1962

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: James Carty: "Mrs Rankin said the robbery was done on Friday, the 1st of February; I do not recollect her mentioning the hour -I learnt the hour by hearing a man at the Rose and Crown public house, Essex street, read the newspaper..."
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Feb 1828 and 21 Feb 1828
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: Rose and Crown, Essex-street
other location: public house
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener:James Carty
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: labouring man, not in regular work
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)
newspaper of the public house

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1962  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 February 1828, Trial of Andrew Powell (t18280221-27),

Citation: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 February 1828, Trial of Andrew Powell (t18280221-27), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1962, accessed: 28 March 2024

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