Record Number: 1576
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Statement of juvenile offender: "I thought this 'Jack Sheppard' was a clever fellow for making his escape and robbing his master. If I could get out of gaol I think I should be as clever as him; but after all his exploits he got done at last. I have had the book out of a library at Dale Field. I paid 2d a book for three volumes. I also got 'Richard Turpin' in two volumes and paid the same."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1841
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1827
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:factory errand boy turned juvenile offender
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Jack Sheppard
Genre:Fiction, History, crime
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
borrowed library
Source Information:
Record ID:1576
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 421
Additional Information:
Appendix no.2: Juvenile Delinquency, Liverpool: Extract from the Sixth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons, Northern and Eastern District, 1841
Citation:
Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 421, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1576, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
