Series
Assizes: Oxford Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
Catalogue reference: ASSI 6
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ASSI 6
Very few of these Oxford Circuit documents pre-date the 19th century. They relate mainly to murder and more serious cases although after 1956 a wider selection is included. The series includes depositions relating to the Reform Bill riots at...
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ASSI 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Oxford Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1719-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Very few of these Oxford Circuit documents pre-date the 19th century. They relate mainly to murder and more serious cases although after 1956 a wider selection is included. The series includes depositions relating to the Reform Bill riots at Bristol in 1831 and to the Chartist riots at Hanley in 1842, the trial of Major Herbert Rowse for the murder of his wife in 1921 and the trial of Harold Jones for the murder of Florence Little, also in 1921.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Minute books (not all of which will be open until 2002) giving the outcome of these cases can be found in: ASSI 2
Papers relating to Harold Jones's acquittal on an earlier charge of murder do not survive here but see papers in HO 45/25417
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The depositions for the period from summer 1936 to summer 1941 were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.
Medical and probation reports for some depositions have been transferred to
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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643 bundles, files and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2405/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ASSI
Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius
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Assizes: Oxford Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers