WXDA Record #1130
No title.
27 February 1802
Summary
Short news report about a soldier who was arrested for cross-dressing at the Royal Opera House and charged with a felony, a severe charge likely sexual-activity-related: "A soldier of the 4th regiment, William Couse, was taken up on Thursday night, in the act of dressing in women's attire for the Opera-house, and carried before Sir RICHARD FORD, on a charge of felony, by whom he was committed to the House of Correction. It appears this fellow has been in the constant habit with several associates of a similar description, of attending Masquerades in the dress of women."
Full Title
27 Feb 1802. No title. Times p. 3 c. B.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 27 February 1802
- Provisional Category
- Criminal
- Cross-dressing activity
- Sexual relations
- Locations
- LondonView on map
- Primary source topic
- Criminalized cross-dressing; Dressed as a woman; Masquerade
- Item format
- News report
- Motive
- Masquerade; Sexual relations
- Discovery of cross-dressing
- Legal proceeding
- Attire
- Female garb
- Social rank
- Lower class
- Stated Motive (Protagonist)
- No
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Female; Male
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Male
People Mentioned in This Record
- Couse William(Subject of study)Mentions— Soldier of the 4th regiment, arrested in 1802 on a charge of criminalized cross-dressing at the Royal Opera House.