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Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Cambridge: Indictments

Catalogue reference: J 243

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J 243

This series contains indictments of the Crown Court at Cambridge. Included among the Cambridge indictments are indictments from the Crown Court at Wisbech. Indictments are a written or printed accusation of a crime. They consist of three parts:...

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Reference
J 243
Title
Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Cambridge: Indictments
Date
1972-2005
Description

This series contains indictments of the Crown Court at Cambridge.

Included among the Cambridge indictments are indictments from the Crown Court at Wisbech.

Indictments are a written or printed accusation of a crime. They consist of three parts: first, the commencement (name of case and defendant, court of trial, statement that named persons charged with offence(s); second, the statement of the offence(s); and third, the particulars (e.g. description of the offence, date, place of the offence, name of victim(s)).

Arrangement

Records were usually arranged by year and then by numerical order.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Supreme Court of Judicature, Crown Court at Cambridge, 1971-1971
Physical description
203 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2006 Department for Constitutional Affairs

Accruals
Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background
The Senior Courts of England and Wales were originally created by the Judicature Acts as the"Supreme Court of Judicature". It was renamed the"Supreme Court of England and Wales" in 1981,[8] and again to the"Senior Courts of England and Wales" by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (to distinguish it from the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom).
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9850/

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Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Cambridge: Indictments