Series
Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Chelmsford: Indictments
Catalogue reference: J 266
What's it about?
J 266
This series contains indictments for the Crown Courts at Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. 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...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 266
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Chelmsford: Indictments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains indictments for the Crown Courts at Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea.
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 person is 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)).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records were usually arranged by year and then by numerical order.
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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 Chelmsford, 1971-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 968 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 2006 Department for Constitutional Affairs
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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)
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Chelmsford Crown Court is a first tier Crown Court. The Court was part of the South Eastern Circuit and included Southend under its jurisdiction.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9873/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: J
Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Chelmsford: Indictments