Record Number: 1905
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Witness statements in trial for coining/forgery: John Limbrick: "I am an officer of Hatton Garden. I was with Read at the Lincoln's Inn coffee-house; we sat down and had a pint of beer, and saw the prisoner there, reading the newspaper, and leering under his hat at us"
Century:1800-1849
Date:13 Apr 1819
Country:England
Timedaytime: between 5pm and 6pm
Place:city: London
specific address: Lincoln's Inn coffee-house in the Strand
other location: coffee house
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1794
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
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:n/a
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
newspaper of the coffee house
Source Information:
Record ID:1905
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 April 1819, Trial of James Clark (t18190421-69)
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 21 April 1819, Trial of James Clark (t18190421-69), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1905, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None