Record Number: 1960

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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

Time

daytime: about 1pm

Place:

city: London
specific address: White Horse-yard, Drury Lane
other location: the shop

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:

Mary Bennett

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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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: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None