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: Indictments
Catalogue reference: CRIM 4
What's it about?
CRIM 4
Indictments at the Central Criminal Court which commence criminal proceedings and set out the nature and date of the offence. They are generally endorsed with the plea of the accused and the jury's verdict. The series also includes subsidiary...
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 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Criminal Court: Indictments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Indictments at the Central Criminal Court which commence criminal proceedings and set out the nature and date of the offence. They are generally endorsed with the plea of the accused and the jury's verdict. The series also includes subsidiary documents, such as commissions of judges, coroner's inquisitions, gaol deliveries, recognizances, warrants to appear and jury summonses.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The indictments are arranged chronologically, and those between February 1835 and August 1858 are separated into categories for felony and misdemeanour. From September 1858 the two categories are filed together.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Indictments from 1972 onwards are in J 268
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Indictments for December 1834 are missing.
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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)
- 2064 files and rolls
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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
- Litigation
- Crime
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Calendars are in CRIM 5
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5516/
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: Indictments
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