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Fortune Telling and Palmistry: prosecutions under the Vagrancy Act, 1824
Catalogue reference: MEPO 2/1323
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This record is about the Fortune Telling and Palmistry: prosecutions under the Vagrancy Act, 1824 dating from 1910 - 1913 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and 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)
- MEPO 2/1323
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910 - 1913
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Description (What the record is about)
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Fortune Telling and Palmistry: prosecutions under the Vagrancy Act, 1824
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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)
- ON 621220
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Policing
- Poverty
- Witchcraft
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C547237/
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MEPO 2
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers
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