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: Criminal Registers, Middlesex
Catalogue reference: HO 26
What's it about?
HO 26
Registers of all persons charged with indictable offences showing the results of the trials, the sentences in case of conviction, and dates of execution of persons sentence to death; some of the registers contain personal information respecting...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of all persons charged with indictable offences showing the results of the trials, the sentences in case of conviction, and dates of execution of persons sentence to death; some of the registers contain personal information respecting the prisoners. This Series I consists of the registers for Middlesex only, which from 1850 onwards is included in Series II (HO 27) which contains the remaining counties of England and Wales arranged in alphabetical order.
PLEASE NOTE: Electronic images of these registers can be searched online.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also: CRIM 3
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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)
- 56 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8890/
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Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex
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