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: Calendars of Depositions
Catalogue reference: CRIM 2
What's it about?
CRIM 2
Calendars of depositions, being alphabetical indexes relating to cases sent up to the Central Criminal Court from coroners', magistrates' and police courts. They contain the date of the inferior court hearing, case number, name of the court,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CRIM 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Criminal Court: Calendars of Depositions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1923-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Calendars of depositions, being alphabetical indexes relating to cases sent up to the Central Criminal Court from coroners', magistrates' and police courts. They contain the date of the inferior court hearing, case number, name of the court, names of defendants, notes of attachments and exhibits.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Calendars earlier than 1923 have not 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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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530 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5514/
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: Calendars of Depositions
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