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: Miscellaneous Criminal Books
Catalogue reference: HO 130
What's it about?
HO 130
Calendar of prisoners at Winchester for trial at a Special Commission of Assize following the agricultural riots, 1830, with a report on the trial (see also HO 40); a list of jury with instructions for the challenges in the case Rex v. O'Coighly,...
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 130
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Miscellaneous Criminal Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1798-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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Calendar of prisoners at Winchester for trial at a Special Commission of Assize following the agricultural riots, 1830, with a report on the trial (see also HO 40); a list of jury with instructions for the challenges in the case Rex v. O'Coighly, 1798 (cf. KB 8/84); and prison statistics and regulations, 1824 to 1826.
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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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4 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open 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
- Public disorder
- Crime
- Farming
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8994/
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