Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Director of Public Prosecutions: Case Papers, Old Series
Catalogue reference: DPP 1
What's it about?
DPP 1
Files of case papers consisting of police and other reports for the years 1889-1930; copies of depositions and exhibits; counsel's briefs and papers; and correspondence. The series includes material concerning many well known cases, including...
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DPP 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Director of Public Prosecutions: Case Papers, Old Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1889-1930
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of case papers consisting of police and other reports for the years 1889-1930; copies of depositions and exhibits; counsel's briefs and papers; and correspondence.
The series includes material concerning many well known cases, including papers relating to Adolf Beck, Horatio Bottomley, Dr Hawley Crippen, Arthur Lynch, Emmeline Pankhurst, Frederick Seddon, Oscar Wilde and Sir Roger Casement. There are also a number of papers, from 1889 to 1892, concerning the 'Cleveland Street scandal' and some papers arising from the raid by Leander Jameson into the Transvaal in 1895.
The bulk of the papers are copies.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Information on the outcome of these cases is not held by The National Archives.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Original documents were returned to their owners by the Clerk of the Court, or the Director, at the conclusion of the trial, apart from reports and correspondence; consequently.
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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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136 file(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 unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1960 Department of The Director of Public Prosecutions
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6232/
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Director of Public Prosecutions: Case Papers, Old Series
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