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"The Sir Francis Drake Estate" fraud: Oscar Hartzell obtained vast sums of money...

Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/2765

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This record is about the "The Sir Francis Drake Estate" fraud: Oscar Hartzell obtained vast sums of money... dating from 1919-1936 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
MEPO 3/2765
Date
1919-1936
Description

"The Sir Francis Drake Estate" fraud: Oscar Hartzell obtained vast sums of money from America. Appointed temporary clerk 1902 Mar 3 and as Assistant Commissioner 1932 Jan 1915; retired 1947, died 1954 Dec 12

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/46/369 and 7 others
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Closed Until 1999
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1258288/

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