Catalogue description CRIMINAL CASES; TREASON: HEWITT, Gerald Percy: convicted at Central Criminal Court (CCC)...

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Opening date: 01 January 2026

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Details of HO 45/24474
Reference: HO 45/24474
Description:

CRIMINAL CASES; TREASON: HEWITT, Gerald Percy: convicted at Central Criminal Court (CCC) on 27 Feb. 1945 of doing an act likely to assist the enemy and sentenced to 12 years penal servitude

Date: 1945-1950
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 896473
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed For 75 years
Closure criterion: Unknown
Lord Chancellor's Instrument: LCI 64 - Series containing both closure and accelerated opening instruments
LCI signed date: 1982 December 21
Record opening date: 01 January 2026

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