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Record 24986

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
witness statement in trial for theft: Esther Lane: 'she had had half a pint of beer, and been reading the newspaper'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 2 Nov 1843
Country: England
Time: afternoon
Place: city: London
specific address: Newington Crescent
other location: beer-stop
   
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:Jane Barnett
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: washerwoman
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: [n/a]
Title: [newspaper]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24986  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 27 Nov 1843, Trial of Jane Barnett (t18431127-150),

Citation: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 27 Nov 1843, Trial of Jane Barnett (t18431127-150), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24986, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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