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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 81 Send Message	Nicola	Report	24 Mar 2009 09:29
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 81 Send Message	Hi I have a guy who is supposed to have gone to prison for "something to do with papers". How can i find out when, where and what for? He is Henry G Jordan born in 1890 Mile end london living in Bromley in the 1901 aged 10. That's all I know! Suggestions would be very gratefully receieved. Cheers Nicola
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	24 Mar 2009 11:16
	I think Old Bailey online covers up to 1914 now - you could check it out. I have several good cases for my lot - love reading their descriptions and their actual words in court. Not sure what "to do with papers" could mean though? But certainly I found my GGF in 1907 as a victim of a fraud on there - he actually went bankrupt and committed suicide shortly after. Just I was thinking may be your handed down info meant some sort of fraud.