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Record Number: 24981

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

witness statement in trial for theft: James Dignum: 'I had heard something about the state of Lord Fitzgerald's health at that time�I had read in the "Times" newspaper of his lordship's state of health�I cannot say whether it was the day I read that account that Howse first called on me�I think he called on me before his lordship's death.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 12 Jun 1843

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Horsemonger Lane Gaol
other location: prison

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Dignum

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

attorney, confined in Horsemonger Gaol for debt

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

The Times

Genre:

Biography, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24981

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 12 Jun 1843, Trial of George Howse, William Cornelius Fuller (t18430612-1767)

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 27 April 2009), 12 Jun 1843, Trial of George Howse, William Cornelius Fuller (t18430612-1767), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24981, accessed: 04 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

None