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
Home Office: Registers of Criminal Petitions
Catalogue reference: HO 19
What's it about?
HO 19
Registers of the petitions in HO 17 and HO 18. Entries are arranged alphabetically and give the reference of the original petition. The registers also note the place of imprisonment and the results of the petition, F.P in this context standing...
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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HO 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Registers of Criminal Petitions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1797-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of the petitions in HO 17 and HO 18. Entries are arranged alphabetically and give the reference of the original petition. The registers also note the place of imprisonment and the results of the petition, F.P in this context standing for Free Pardon.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
These registers are arranged alphabetically by name of convict and give a coded reference to the original petitions, which are in HO 17 (1819-1839) and HO 18 (1839-1853). The code consists of letters (numbers from 1839) for the bundle and a number for the papers within the bundle. For example, the code Rk 44 for William Ashton leads to HO 17/92, which contains papers from bundles Rk-R1. Please note that some entries prior to 1839 have been given numerical rather than alphabetical codes; these bundles do not appear to have survived.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Bundles with coded alphabetic references ending in a-g, i.e. Aa, Ba etc are missing from HO 17 except for the Scottish petitions Aa-Ag (HO 17/6-7 and Ba-Bg (HO 17/20-22) and would appear to have been lost before transfer
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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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12 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8883/
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Home Office: Registers of Criminal Petitions
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