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CRIMINAL: John Foster alias Cook alias Gasken, habitual criminal and escapee from...

Catalogue reference: HO 144/22954

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HO 144/22954
Date
1921-1947
Description

CRIMINAL: John Foster alias Cook alias Gasken, habitual criminal and escapee from Dartmoor 1931 and 1932: convicted of mail train robberies, 1947.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
426475
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Closed Until 2006
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4165692/

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Home Office: Registered Papers, Supplementary

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