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Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Shrewsbury: Case Files
Catalogue reference: J 182
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J 182
This series contains records of the Crown Court at Shrewsbury comprising a variety of case files. Pieces 9 to 51 concern the case of unlawful assembly by the 'flying pickets': a travelling, unofficial (unsupported by the trade union) picketing...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 182
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Shrewsbury: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Crown Court at Shrewsbury comprising a variety of case files.
Pieces 9 to 51 concern the case of unlawful assembly by the 'flying pickets': a travelling, unofficial (unsupported by the trade union) picketing action group protesting in support of the first national builders strike of 1972.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Crown Court at Shrewsbury, 1971-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 75 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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From 2002 The Court Service
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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
- Labour
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Pieces 62-66 were deselected and destroyed by Ministry of Justice in 2007, in accordance with Operational Selection Policy 40, prior to transfer to The National Archives.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9789/
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