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PIERREPOINT, Albert: former executioner; articles in Sunday Empire News; decision...

Catalogue reference: PCOM 9/2024

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PCOM 9/2024
Date
1956
Description

PIERREPOINT, Albert: former executioner; articles in Sunday Empire News; decision not to prosecute under Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920; resignation; questions arising from press articles and proposed memoirs

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
E 21/3/12-14 E 99/9/36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1353012/

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PCOM 9

Prison Commission and Home Office, Prison Department: Registered Papers: Series 2

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