Catalogue description Assizes: Western Circuit: Supplementary Criminal Depositions and Case Papers

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Reference: ASSI 82
Title: Assizes: Western Circuit: Supplementary Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
Description:

This Western Circuit series consists of three sets of case papers, all relating to murder. Includes records concerning two separate murders committed by the same person, John Thomas Straffen. Each file mainly consists of the depositions of witnesses, but also contains the charge, the list of witnesses, and the statement and particulars of offence.

Note: The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
Date: 1951-1953
Arrangement:
Related material:

See Crown minute books (some closed for dates going up until 2047) for information on outcome of these cases in:

ASSI 21

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 3 file(s)

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