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Ritual murder; Rex vs Gideon Nkambule and five others
Catalogue reference: DO 119/1397
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This record is about the Ritual murder; Rex vs Gideon Nkambule and five others dating from 1948-1955 in the series High Commissioner for South Africa, and High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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DO 119/1397
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ritual murder; Rex vs Gideon Nkambule and five others
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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)
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9689
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crime
- Witchcraft
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2341612/
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