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Buggery and gross indecency: [names withheld]
Catalogue reference: ASSI 13/392
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This record is about the Buggery and gross indecency: [names withheld] dating from 1958 in the series Assizes: Midland Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ASSI 13/392
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Buggery and gross indecency: [names withheld]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 73 years
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- Closed Or Retained Document, Closed Description
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- Topics
- Legal
- Crime
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5345096/
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ASSI 13
Assizes: Midland Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
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