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Courts-Martial Appeal Court: Case Files
Catalogue reference: J 135
What's it about?
J 135
This series consists of all case files of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court except for some early files which have not survived. These files contain correspondence and papers of the court registrar, arising from the submisssion by the convicted...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 135
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Title (The name of the record)
- Courts-Martial Appeal Court: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of all case files of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court except for some early files which have not survived. These files contain correspondence and papers of the court registrar, arising from the submisssion by the convicted person, or his legal representative, of notice of appeal. In most cases the files are accompanied by a transcript of the original proceedings, and, where leave to appeal is granted, its determination is noted.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically within years, under the names of convicted persons.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Admiralty courts martial cases and records are in ADM 156
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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)
- 789 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Justice
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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)
- 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)
- The Court Martial Appeal Court is the name of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division when dealing with Service cases. The procedure in the Court Martial Appeal Court is identical to the civilian jurisdiction. The Court Martial Appeal Court was established by the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 for the purpose of hearing appeals from Naval, Army and RAF Courts Martial and is a superior court of record. The judges are normally two or three judges drawn from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and they sit in the High Courts of Justice. The circumstances in which appeals may be made to this court and the procedures to be followed are contained in the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c.20) as amended, and the Court Martial (Appeal) Rules 2009. The procedural rules for appeal are contained in the Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9742/
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