MEPO 61834-1959Metropolitan Police: Criminal Record Office: Habitual Criminals Registers and Miscellaneous Papers
Registers of criminals as defined by sections 5-8 of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871, with examples of Police Gazettes, Supplements 'A' and Informations (London Area).
Each entry in the registers contains details of appearance, date of discharge from prison, the name of the prison, length of sentence and previous convictions.
PLEASE NOTE: Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. Pieces 1-4, 6-9, 13-23, 25-37, 39-47, 56-57, 77-83, 85-88 only have been digitised at this time (June 2015); further releases within this series to follow.