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LGBT-HP: Fix bare tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing

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Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>

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Criminal Law

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	'''HO 345/1'''		'''HO 345/1'''
	Report of Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Cmnd 247) - Sept 1957		Report of Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Cmnd 247) - Sept 1957
	(Little blue book outlining the research and conclusions). There are other files in the HO 345 series that contain papers relating to the [[Wolfenden]] ~~Inquiry~~.		(Little blue book outlining the research and conclusions). There are other files in the HO 345 series that contain papers relating to the [[Wolfenden Committee]].

	'''HO 291/123'''		'''HO 291/123'''

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Criminal Law

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	Report of Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Cmnd 247) - Sept 1957		Report of Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Cmnd 247) - Sept 1957
	(Little blue book outlining the research and conclusions).		(Little blue book outlining the research and conclusions). There are other files in the HO 345 series that contain papers relating to the [[Wolfenden]] Inquiry.

	'''HO 291/123'''		'''HO 291/123'''

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Criminal cases: police and court files: HO291/1060 file and Oppenheimer case

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	Homosexual offences: male importuning: 1966-1968		Homosexual offences: male importuning: 1966-1968
	The document outlines society attitudes to male importuning particularly in the [[Oxford]] area. There are detailed descriptions of the arrest of males thought to be importuning in public toilets. There are also drawn maps of the area and detailed accounts given by plain clothed policemen who were at the scene.		Originated with the arrest in 1965 of Raymond Harry Oppenheimer in [[Shepherd's Bush]], his acquittal at court and Lord Aldington taking up his case with the Home Office in 1966. The document outlines society attitudes to male importuning particularly in the [[Oxford]] area. There are detailed descriptions of the arrest of males thought to be importuning in public toilets. There are also drawn maps of the area and detailed accounts given by plain clothed policemen who were at the scene.

	There is also an interesting quotation in the files defining the difference between male and female prostitution:		There is also an interesting quotation in the files defining the difference between male and female prostitution:

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Homosexuality and the Law: Criminalisation

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	'''HO 144/22298'''		'''HO 144/22298'''
	c.1922-1927		c.1922-1927
	Judge [[Atherley Jones]] - Correspondence between Metropolitan Police Commissioners and Home Office on his leniency towards homosexuals.		Judge [[Atherley Jones]] - Correspondence between [[Metropolitan Police]] Commissioners and Home Office on his leniency towards homosexuals.
	Link to LCO 2/717		Link to LCO 2/717

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	==LGBT History==		==LGBT History==

	The National Archives contain a large amount of information about LGBT matters.<ref>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/gay-lesbian.htm The National Archives: gay and lesbian history</ref> The files referenced below are available to view in their original form at the archives in Kew. The file references and their descriptions can be viewed in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI Discovery], The National Archives catalogue.		The National Archives contain a large amount of information about LGBT matters.<ref>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/gay-lesbian.htm The National Archives: gay and lesbian history</ref> The files referenced below are available to view in their original form at the archives in [[Kew]]. The file references and their descriptions can be viewed in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI Discovery], The National Archives catalogue.

	== Homosexuality in the Civil Service ==		== Homosexuality in the Civil Service ==

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	[[Category:~~History and archives~~]]		[[Category:Archives]]

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Criminal cases: police and court files

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	'''MEPO 2/4485'''		'''MEPO 2/4485'''
	1936		1936
	LIQUOR "The [[Running Horse Public House]]: permitting drunkenness and allowing disorderly conduct by undesirables on premises"		LIQUOR "The [[Running Horse East Chapel Street\|Running Horse Public House]]: permitting drunkenness and allowing disorderly conduct by undesirables on premises"
	Vibrancy and culture of queer life - lesbian history – woman asking if her wife had been in that eve/example of diverse people mixing/queer life/joking and socialising – how deal with homophobia – ’bohemians’ and diff people mixing – beard and sandalled man – last bookmark] 5 east chapel street w1		Vibrancy and culture of queer life - lesbian history – woman asking if her wife had been in that eve/example of diverse people mixing/queer life/joking and socialising – how deal with homophobia – ’bohemians’ and diff people mixing – beard and sandalled man – last bookmark] 5 east chapel street w1

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Criminal cases: police and court files

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	Unnatural offences cases, bestiality and sodomy (lists of cases) 1890s		Unnatural offences cases, bestiality and sodomy (lists of cases) 1890s

	A review of the cases and varied lengths of sentences for [[sodomy]] following the [[Penal Servitude Act]] ~~1891~~ (c.69). Information requested by……		A review of the cases and varied lengths of sentences for [[sodomy]] following the [[Penal Servitude Act 1891]] (c.69). Information requested by……
	Includes a case of two men convicted of sodomy with each other, one of whom committed suicide by taking poison in the police cell passage immediately after sentence.		Includes a case of two men convicted of sodomy with each other, one of whom committed suicide by taking poison in the police cell passage immediately after sentence.
	In the remarks column on one list: "Attempting to have carnal knowledge of one Rob t Dye against the order of nature."		In the remarks column on one list: "Attempting to have carnal knowledge of one Rob t Dye against the order of nature."

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Criminal cases: police and court files

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	There is a particular reference to Richmond and "perverts’…" making use of the tow path along the [[River Thames]] in the [[Richmond]] and [[Barnes]] districts.		There is a particular reference to Richmond and "perverts’…" making use of the tow path along the [[River Thames]] in the [[Richmond]] and [[Barnes]] districts.
	A good example of local LGBT history.		A good example of local LGBT history.


	'''CRIM 1/903'''		'''CRIM 1/903'''