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Record 1968

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Witness statement in trial for forgery: Philip Miller: "On the 27th of April I was at the Horse and Groom public house with Green, a butcher -Pillin and the prisoner were there ...I saw him [Pillin] produce something to Green, but I was reading the newspaper and paid no attention to it... I think this was between three and four o'clock"
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 27 Apr 1829
Country: England
Time: daytime: between 3pm and 4pm
Place: city: London
other location: Horse and Groom public house
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Philip Miller
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: coach trimmer
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: 1968  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 June 1829, Trial of George Skelton (t18290611-104),

Citation: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 June 1829, Trial of George Skelton (t18290611-104), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1968, accessed: 29 March 2024

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