Record Number: 1985

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statements in trial for theft: Lucy Tring: "In the parlour with me and my husband, who was reading the newspaper." John Howe: "On Thursday, the 2nd of September, about ten minutes after five o'clock in the afternoon, I went to Tring's in Lisle-street, and saw the prisoner and her husband there... they were in the parlour, Mrs Tring was in the shop... He [Tring] was sitting by the fireplace reading a pamphlet to them..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

2 Sep 1819

Country:

England

Time

daytime: about 5pm

Place:

city: London
specific address: Lisle-street, Leicester Square
location in dwelling: home, in the parlour

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:

Thomas Tring

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

baker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

his wife, Mrs Tring, and Ann Thorn and her husband

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper, Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1985

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 15 September 1819, Trial of Ann Thorn (t18190915-83)

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 15 September 1819, Trial of Ann Thorn (t18190915-83), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1985, accessed: 23 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None