Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: Committee on Fraud Trials
Catalogue reference: LCO 36
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LCO 36
This series includes the agenda, minutes and circulated papers, invited comments of representative bodies and individual experts, together with letters, evidence and memoranda from other bodies and individuals and drafts of the Committee on Fraud...
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LCO 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: Committee on Fraud Trials
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Date (When the record was created)
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1975-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes the agenda, minutes and circulated papers, invited comments of representative bodies and individual experts, together with letters, evidence and memoranda from other bodies and individuals and drafts of the Committee on Fraud Trials's report.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on Fraud Trials, 1983-1986
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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95 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- Crime
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary announced on 8 November 1983 their intention to establish an independent committee of inquiry with these terms of reference: to consider in what ways the conduct of criminal proceedings in England and Wales arising from fraud can be improved and to consider what changes in existing law and procedure would be desirable to secure the just, expeditious and economical disposal of such proceedings. The report of the committee was published and presented to the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary in January 1986.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10274/
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