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Record Number: 24976

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

witness statement in trial for theft: Eliza Warr: 'Q. What did the prisoner do there from one o'clock till after three? A. Waiting for his boots�I was in the room, sitting, reading the newspaper, all the time he was there�I saw the watch at five minutes after three exactly'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

24 Nov 1841

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: 1pm - 3pm

Place:

city: London, Hackney
other location: 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:

Eliza Warr

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

wife of shopkeeper (boot & shoe & tobacconist shop)

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:

[n/a]

Title:

[newspaper]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24976

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 31 Jan 1842, Trial of Matthew Doncaster (t18420131-715)

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 31 Jan 1842, Trial of Matthew Doncaster (t18420131-715), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24976, accessed: 21 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

None