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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for murder: Charles Evans: 'I was in the room when the Coroner summed up the case to the Jury, and I afterwards read it in the Times' newspap...Charles Evans [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for murder: Charlotte Peolaine: 'Q. Had the parcel been left with you before you heard of the murder, or not? A. Oh yes—I took the parcel out ...Charlotte Peolaine [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for murder: Henry Wignall: 'the 1st of January was Sunday—on the 1st of January I was in my own room, up stairs, reading the newspaper—he was...Henry Wignall [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for murder: Richard John Moxey: '[Manning] said, "Is the wretch taken?"—I said I did not know, 1 believed so from what I had seen in the news...Richard John Moxey [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for pickpocketing: John Everhard Berckemyer: "On the 11th of October, about ten o'clock, I stopped in Newgate-street, to read a playbill;......John Everard Berckemyer  Print: Advertisement, Handbill, Poster, playbill
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for pickpocketing: Thomas Burch: "On Monday morning the 7th of July, the prisoner brought this watch to me... I lent him two guineas on it; ...Thomas Burch Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel: Prisoner questions witness Raven Q: Pray, did you read no.17 of 'The Republican' before y...Henry Baldwin Raven The RepublicanPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel: William Smith: "I saw [the prisoner] serving in the shop and bought this book of him... I ...William Smith Temple of ReasonPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for receiving stolen goods: Robert Daniel Liddell: "I am in Mr Marshall's employ. On the 10th of March he left me to bring these boxes home ...Robert Daniel Liddell  Print: Handbill, playbill
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for robbery: James John Conolly: "I am a policeman, I apprehended the prisoner Wright on Monday afternoon, about four o'clock (the afternoon...Robert Wright  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for robbery: Jane Toosey swore to the court that she read about this crime in the newspaper -The Daily AdvertiserJane Toosey Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for shoplifting: Elias Mordecai: "I set my Basket one Day upon a post, and saw Moses show a Watch to two Gentlemen... five or six days after...Elias Mordecai AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness 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...Mary Bennett  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for shoplifting: Walter English: "on the 15th of January last, in the morning, I was in my parlour reading the newspaper, about ten in the m...Walter English  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for stealing: John Jackson: "I came up by coach, I got down at the White Horse Cellar in Piccadilly, I was very much benumbed with cold. I d...John Jackson  Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for stealing: William Watson: "...my house was robbed on the 17th of March... I told my case and on the 19th, I saw in the newspaper a descr...William Watson  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft -shoplifting: Wilhelmina Clarke: "I am servant to Mr Birt... On the 12th of May I saw the two prisoners come into the shop with tw...John Birt  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods; witness reads a 'bogus' invoice to the court: Q: "Is the invoice in a business-like form?" A: "Certai...George Deboos  Manuscript: invoice
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods; witness reads a letter aloud to the court Deboos: "After reading it, he handed it to me -(reads) 'Mr S...George Deboos  Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft/ receiving stolen goods: William de Roach: "In the middle of August I was in Pollard's Parlour, Pollard was reading the newspaper,...John Pollard  Print: Newspaper


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