Record Number: 1913
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Witness statements in trial for theft: John Mims: "I am servant to John Bird, who keeps a cook-shop in Golden Lane. I was reading the newspaper, I heard the weights jingle, turned around, and saw the prisoner going out..."
Century:1800-1849
Date:17 Aug 1820
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: cook-shop, Golden-lane
other location: place of employment, cook-shop
(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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:servant in cook-shop
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1913
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 18 September 1820, Trial of Joseph Eastman (t18200918-72)
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 18 September 1820, Trial of Joseph Eastman (t18200918-72), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1913, accessed: 01 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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