Evidence: | Witness statement in trial for theft:
Edward Smith: 'On the 17th of June I was at the Feathers public-house, in Oxford-street, between two and three o'clock—I had a box containing the property stated—I put it on a ledge in the window, above my head—the prisoner was there, with his brother and another—I was reading the newspaper, and then looked for my box—all the parties were gone, and my box too' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 17 Jun 1839 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: 2pm - 3pm | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Feathers Public House, Oxford Street 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: | Edward Smith |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | traveller |
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: | [n/a] |
Title: | [newspaper] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) public house |
Record ID: | 24964 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 17 Jun 1839, Trial of James Ward (t18390617-1907), |
Citation: | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 17 Jun 1839, Trial of James Ward (t18390617-1907), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24964, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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