Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Central Criminal Court: Depositions
Catalogue reference: CRIM 1
What's it about?
CRIM 1
Statements on oath used in evidence in trials at the Old Bailey and pardons if granted.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CRIM 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Criminal Court: Depositions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Statements on oath used in evidence in trials at the Old Bailey and pardons if granted.
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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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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
CRIM 1/482-485, covering certain trials heard in 1945 and 1946, were transferred out of sequence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Information on the outcome of trials before 1950 (court books and calendars) is available (some closed until dates going up to 2025) in: CRIM 6 CRIM 9
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Pardons, if granted, not found with the depositions or in CRIM 1/582-585 and CRIM 1/2116 may be assumed not to have survived.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5694 bundles and files
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Crime
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- This series consists of depositions in cases tried at the Central Criminal Court. Cases involving murder, sedition, treason, riot, conspiracy to affect political change as well as other trials of historic interest are preserved permanently. The remainder of the series consists of a 2% random sample of other depositions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5513/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CRIM
Records of the Central Criminal Court
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Central Criminal Court: Depositions
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