Research assistance?

[Driver442]

Hi Everyone.
I am a newbie, so apologies if this is in the wrong location.

It appears I need to locate some records that can only be found at the London Met. Archives. I have tried to request a search by the LMA but they have not replied to my emails.
I no longer live in the UK so cannot go there in person.

My intention was to ask for a recommendation of anyone local who will conduct such searches, as I haven't a clue who to turn to.
My interest is with the Calendar of Convictions for January 1889, and Nov/Dec of 1888.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Hello there

I can't help with your request, but I can welcome you to Rootschat, and wish you well with your searches. It's a very helpful and friendly site, and if someone possibly can help, I'm sure they will.

Mike

[Jebber]

And another welcome from me. I can't help with your request, but if you are able to provide a name and exactly what you are looking for, I am sure someone will have a suggestion.

Jebber

[*Sandra*]

HI,

Welcome to RootsChat from me to.

Think you would probably benefit more if you put your request on the London and Middlesex board.  There are volunteers on that board who do go to the LMC and they might be able to get you the info you require.

Regards
Sandra

[Bookbox]

Hi, and welcome!

It’s unusual for LMA not to acknowledge receipt of enquiries. The Enquiry Service can take up to 10 working days to reply – did you wait that long?

Which court calendar are you interested in? Middlesex Sessions or City of London? If you can post more details of what you’re looking for, someone here may be able to advise.

[StevieSteve]

Hi

I'll be going next Saturday so if you post the details, I'll see what I can do

[Driver442]

Thankyou all for a kind welcome.

I did not want to post too many details being new to the forum, what I need may involve considerable time. If I knew how the Calendar of Convictions was compiled I may be able to provide more info.
All I know, from a secondary source, is that this person appeared at Worship Street Court in January 1889. This appearance is said to provide clues to previous court appearances elsewhere.

I do have a couple of questions.
Do the Court records for Worship Street Court exist for 1888/9 anywhere?

If not, is there a published source, ie; local newspaper, which regularly covered proceedings at Worship Street for the period in queston?

Finally, do the Calendar of Convictions include Depositions of the trial, or is this a separate series of volumes?

[Driver442]

Hi, and welcome!

Thankyou.

It’s unusual for LMA not to acknowledge receipt of enquiries. The Enquiry Service can take up to 10 working days to reply – did you wait that long?

I did receive a brief note with a reference number, but I do not know what I am supposed to do with that.
There was no reply to my request, maybe a few more days.

Which court calendar are you interested in? Middlesex Sessions or City of London? If you can post more details of what you’re looking for, someone here may be able to advise.

The Courts that I know of where he appeared are Worship Street and at Barnet in north London.
So perhaps Middlesex Sessions?
I suspect he was sent to either Holloway or Pentonville, but that is a guess.

[davidft]

Do you have access to ancestry.com (apparently it is free this weekend) as on there they have

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892

from which you may gleam some data that could help speed up any subsequent search at LMA.

It was common for local newspapers at the time to cover court cases if they were "of interest". You could do a search of the British Newspapers Archives online to see if it brings up the name\case you are looking for, although not all newspapers are covered (it is a work in progress)