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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'.
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High Court judgment and correspondence of Treasury Solicitor regarding monies which...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 12/16
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This record is about the High Court judgment and correspondence of Treasury Solicitor regarding monies which... dating from 1929-1930 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Receiver: Correspondence and Papers, Special Series. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 12/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1929-1930
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court judgment and correspondence of Treasury Solicitor regarding monies which belonged to ex-station sergeant George Goddard
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 36130/30 and 5 others
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Policing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10870408/
Series information
MEPO 12
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Receiver: Correspondence and Papers, Special Series
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Metropolitan Police: Office of the Receiver: Correspondence and Papers, Special Series
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