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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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James Henry HALLAM alias SELAM, better known as James Francis CASEY, in association...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/517
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This record is about the James Henry HALLAM alias SELAM, better known as James Francis CASEY, in association... dating from 1930-1932 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special.... 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 3/517
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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James Henry HALLAM alias SELAM, better known as James Francis CASEY, in association with Thomas REYNOLDS and Morgan Charles WALSH: obtaining £15,000 by means of confidence trick in Paris.
Note: CASEY was never previously convicted in this country but had several previous convictions in Australia, his birth-place. This may account for some of the failure to identify from the Criminal Record Office photo albums.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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)
- 235/CTR/553
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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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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
- Australia and Pacific
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1256938/
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MEPO 3
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special...
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