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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
 
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft: Thomas Jones: "reading the 'Daily Advertiser' and finding they were advertised, I went out and fetched them from Mr Humphreys...Thomas Jones Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft: Benjamin Bunn: "I am a pawnbroker and live in Houndsditch... I was reading the 'Daily Advertiser', and I saw an advertisement...Thomas Jones Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft: Samuel Spencer: "The next day about 11 o'clock I read in the 'Advertiser', 'A silver pint mug, marked E.M.M. stole out of the...Samuel Spencer AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft/ receiving stolen goods: Robert Alexander: "[the prisoner] brought a saw to pawn... I lent him 2s upon it; the next morning I ...Robert Alexander Public AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft/ receiving stolen goods: John Wyn: "On the 17th of December I had been looking over the papers there I read about Mr Parker's ...John Wyn Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft/ receiving stolen goods: John Wyn: "On the 17th of December I had been looking over the papers there I read about Mr Parker's ...John Wyn Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft: George Martin: [prisoner offered him cup for sale] "the next morning I read it in the 'Daily Advertiser', only in the paper i...George Martin Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft/ receiving stolen goods: Charles Clark: "On the 18th of November, in the forenoon, Mary English came and pledged four silver t...Charles Clark Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
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
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for fraud: Thomas Douglas: "I saw this advertisement in the Daily Advertiser of the 1st of March last. (It is read to the court)... In conse...Thomas Douglas Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: Gravat: "I am in the news business; my son delivered me the watch-cases on Monday night, soon after he had found them I... Gravat  Print: Handbill
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for burglary: John Monk: "I have for some years past supported myself by thieving... Waine came about twelve the next day. Percival was ther...John Monk  Print: Handbill
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
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for theft: Josiah Howard: The 19th of May I and three journeyman-packers left work and came to the Bull-head in Jewin-street; I get much in ...Josiah Howard AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Prisoner's defence in trial for highway robbery: "When I came home I went to a coffee-house in Long-acre and asked for the Daily Advertiser, there I saw the paragraph ...Alexander Bourk Daily AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: James Palace: "A night or two after I read in the Advertiser a watch, name Ingraham, describing it to be the same as I ...James Palace AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: William Masters: "some time on the 26th of December, we received a handbill from Sir John Fielding, describing this wat...William Masters Sir John Fielding Print: Handbill
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: John Brooks: "the handbill came from Sir John Fielding's on the 26th of December; I saw it in the shop between three an...John Brooks Sir John Fielding Print: Handbill
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for forgery: William Moreland: "I saw the handbill that had been circulated, advertising that Mr Ryland had been suspected of forgery, and a...William Moreland  Print: Handbill
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for theft: Allen: "I took the prisoners that night in Kingsland-road... in the morning a printer's boy came to me with a handbill, and I the... Allen  Print: Handbill


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