Record Number: 1956
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
Timeevening: about 6pm
Place:city: London
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: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:
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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: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: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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