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
Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Leeds: Case Files
Catalogue reference: J 291
What's it about?
J 291
This series contains records of the Crown Court at Leeds comprising a variety of case files. It includes evidence leading to the prosecution of John Poulson, the Yorkshire architect, for corruption (J 291/59-101). Police investigation of Poulson...
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 291
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Leeds: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-2009
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Crown Court at Leeds comprising a variety of case files.
It includes evidence leading to the prosecution of John Poulson, the Yorkshire architect, for corruption (J 291/59-101). Police investigation of Poulson led to the resignation of the Home Secretary, Reginald Maudling, in 1972. Poulson was convicted in 1975.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
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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)
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- Supreme Court of Judicature, 1875-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Crown Court at Leeds, 1971-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 391 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
- Policing
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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 192-228 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Leeds was a First Combined Crown, County and Magistrates’ court.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9898/
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Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Leeds: Case Files
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