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Queer classified adverts and love letters in the 1920s
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Catalogue reference: HO 144/278/A61289
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This record is about the This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings... dating from 1899-1900; 1899 July in the series Home Office: Registered Papers, Supplementary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 144/278/A61289
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899-1900; 1899 July
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings and details of this file, are as follows:
PRISONS AND PRISONERS - (4) Other: Special licence issued in rape case, owing to conflict of medical evidence;
CRIMINAL: THOMAS, Richard; COURT: Glamorgan Assizes; OFFENCE: Carnal Knowledge; SENTENCE: 7 years Penal Servitude
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- A61289
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crime
- Prisons
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4133337/
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HO 144
Home Office: Registered Papers, Supplementary
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