Record Number: 1960
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Witness statement in trial for shoplifting: Mary Bennett: "I am the prosector's wife. I was in the shop ...I was sitting reading the newspaper, and the first thing I saw was the prisoner"
Century:1800-1849
Date:5 Dec 1827
Country:England
Timedaytime: about 1pm
Place:city: London
specific address: White Horse-yard, Drury Lane
other location: the 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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:wife of woollen draper
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
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1960
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 December 1827, Trial of Michael Russell (t18271206-245)
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 December 1827, Trial of Michael Russell (t18271206-245), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1960, accessed: 23 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None