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
Supreme Court of Judicature: Central Criminal Court: Indexes of Indictments
Catalogue reference: J 336
What's it about?
J 336
Indexes to persons indicted at the Central Criminal Court for felonies and misdemeanours. Indexes are arranged by surname within year. Corresponding indictments are in J 268.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 336
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: Central Criminal Court: Indexes of Indictments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Indexes to persons indicted at the Central Criminal Court for felonies and misdemeanours. Indexes are arranged by surname within year. Corresponding indictments are in J 268.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Pieces are in date order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The indexes form a continuaton of the registers in: CRIM 5
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2003 The Court Service
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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
- Crime
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Full set selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16150/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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