Record Number: 1956

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: Joseph Ortega: "On the 16th of December about a quarter past six o'clock at night, I had been to a coffee house to see the newspaper, and as I was going home..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Dec 1826

Country:

England

Time

evening: about 6pm

Place:

city: London
other location: coffee house

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:

Joseph Ortega

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

teacher of languages

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Spain

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:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
newspaper of the coffee house

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1956

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 January 1827, Trial of Mary Ann Sullivan and Martha Bellamy (t18270111-23)

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 11 January 1827, Trial of Mary Ann Sullivan and Martha Bellamy (t18270111-23), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1956, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None