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
Old Bailey Sessions Papers
Catalogue reference: PCOM 1
What's it about?
PCOM 1
The printed proceedings of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the City of London and of Gaol Delivery for Middlesex and, from 1834, the parts of Essex, Kent and Surrey within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PCOM 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Old Bailey Sessions Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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The printed proceedings of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the City of London and of Gaol Delivery for Middlesex and, from 1834, the parts of Essex, Kent and Surrey within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court. The series includes the printed proceedings of the Admiralty Session, 1807 to 1808.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Each volume is indexed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CRIM 3
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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156 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11496/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
23,253 records
Within the department: PCOM
Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department
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Old Bailey Sessions Papers
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