Record Number: 1917
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I heard about this business, three weeks ago. I heard Mr Lasken, of Grove Ferry, read in the newspaper that he [George Griffiths] could neither read nor write, and I said I could contradict it; it was three weeks ago tomorrow, Mr Hawkers and Miss Arman were present."
Century:1800-1849
Date:17 May 1821
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Jane Fuller, wife of labourer, and Mr Hawkers and Miss Arman
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1917
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 June 1821, Trial of James West, William Beer, John Richardson, Thomas Richardson, William Williams and Thomas Webster (t18210606-54)
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 June 1821, Trial of James West, William Beer, John Richardson, Thomas Richardson, William Williams and Thomas Webster (t18210606-54), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1917, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
