Record Number: 1574
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Statement of juvenile offender: "I never was in prison before. I have been at the Sanspareil, and at all the other theatres, except the Queen's. I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed. I have heard the prisoners speak about it many times: some would speak well of the play, others would say it was most of it false. I have read his Life; I think myself it is mostly false; there may have been such a man, but I think he could not go through all the exploits that is spoken of."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1841
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:1823
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:juvenile offender
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:Jack Sheppard
Genre:Fiction, History, crime
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1574
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 419
Additional Information:
Appendix no.2: Juvenile Delinquency, Liverpool: Extract from the Sixth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons, Northern and Eastern District, 1841
Citation:
Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 419, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1574, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
