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
Home Office and Prison Commission: Female Licences
Catalogue reference: PCOM 4
What's it about?
PCOM 4
Notes of licences to female convicts to be at large, and notes of revocation of such licences, under the Penal Servitude Acts 1853 and 1864 endorsed on old captions and, in some cases, transfer papers. Each file can include a photograph (from...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PCOM 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office and Prison Commission: Female Licences
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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Notes of licences to female convicts to be at large, and notes of revocation of such licences, under the Penal Servitude Acts 1853 and 1864 endorsed on old captions and, in some cases, transfer papers. Each file can include a photograph (from 1871 onward), letters or notes from the prisoner, a Medical History sheet, reports of misconduct whilst in prison, the court of conviction, details of crime and of previous crimes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Similar licences for men will be found in PCOM 3
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Licences with numbers 3900 to 6624 are missing.
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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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72 box(es)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 100 year closure
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Reference is by means of registers in PCOM 6
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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 Criminal Justice Act 1967 ( as amended by Criminal; justice Act 1972) provides the statutory authority for the release on licence of prisoners serving a life sentence or a sentence of imprisonment, and those serving detention under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. The grant of release under licence is the responsibility of the Home Secretary, who must however have consulted the Parole Board and obtained a favourable recommendation for release (and in the case of an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment or detention, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England, together with the trial judge, if available).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11499/
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Home Office and Prison Commission: Female Licences
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