Record Number: 1084

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for shoplifting: Elias Mordecai: "I set my Basket one Day upon a post, and saw Moses show a Watch to two Gentlemen... five or six days after, I read in the Advertiser, that there was a watch lost belonging to Mr Seddon..."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1743 and 31 Aug 1743

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elias Mordecai

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

deals in glasses

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Advertiser

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1084

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 7 December 1743, Trial of Simon Emanuel and Samuel Moses (t17431207-61)

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 7 December 1743, Trial of Simon Emanuel and Samuel Moses (t17431207-61), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1084, accessed: 07 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None