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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for theft: Thomas Tuck: "Last Saturday, about three o'clock, the prisoner was in my parlour, drinking a glass of liquor; I keep a public hou...John Simmonds  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for theft: Mary Rose: "I was reading in the newspaper some time after, and saw a person that had been deprived of half-a-guinea and was in c...Mary Rose  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for embezzlement: Anthony Parkin: "he went on Saturday morning to a public house, the sign of the Goat, in Cheyne-street, near Gower-street,...John Norton  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statements in trial for forgery: Eleanor Castle: "The very day he was taken up, he read the paper at our house... Near two o'clock, in the middle of the day......Edward Lovell  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statements in trial for theft: James Streeter: "...says I, Mich, how did you come by this, I am afraid you did not get it honestly; he persisted in it, that he...James Streeter  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: Q: "How came Mrs Carey to read the almanack?" Norris: "She was reading it, looking over it to see what day of the mont... Carey  Print: Broadsheet, Poster, Almanack
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: William Olley: "On Thursday the 7th of May, about ten in the morning, I was sitting at the top of the shop reading a newspaper, o...William Olley  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: John Lench: "On Saturday the 7th of May, between twelve and one, I was reading the newspaper at the public house, the Blue Bell.....John Lench  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: Thomas Watts: "...there was a gentleman in the house reading a newspaper and I shewed it [the case] to him..." Anon  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for burglary: Robinson: "I was reading the newspaper..."James Robinson  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: John Wiffin: "On the 1st of August, I was reading the newspaper at the Northumberland Arms, Grafton-street, ...during the time I ...John Wiffin  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849prisoner's statement in trial for theft: Thomas Vaughan: "I got up in the morning to breakfast along with the man's wife. I never went out of the parlour, only through...Thomas Vaughan  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for forgery: Robert Eddington: "we occasionally read the newspaper, I suppose we sat for half an hour..."Robert Eddington  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: Charles Fenn: "I went into Mrs Bow's public house, the sign of the Wheat-sheaf, Holywell-street. I put my bankers book on the tab...Charles Fenn  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: Mr Hanley: "About eleven o'clock it rained very hard. I stopped at the public house, reading the newspaper..." Hanley  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849prisoner's statement in trial for theft: Brown: "I was going to the West India Dock, I had a newspaper in my handing reading of it, and when I got into the court I was...William Brown  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: Samuel Leigh: "I lodge at the Elephant and Castle, Holborn. On the 12th of October I was sitting in the tap-room breakfasting...a...Samuel Leigh  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft/ receiving stolen goods: William de Roach: "In the middle of August I was in Pollard's Parlour, Pollard was reading the newspaper,...John Pollard  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft/ receiving stolen goods: William de Roach: "Then the week following Mrs Rippen came down several times and asked what such stones ...John Pollard  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: William Pocock: "On the night of the 8th of January I was at the King's Head... I took up the newspaper, and while I was reading ...William Pocock  Print: Newspaper


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