Durham Constabulary
Reference: CCP 13 Catalogue Title: Durham Constabulary Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Records of criminal enquiries
Covering Dates: c.1865-1972
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- Durham Constabulary
- Criminal enquiries (Ref: CCP 13)
- Evidence (Ref: CCP 13/)
- Murders (Ref: CCP 13)
- Murder of Philip Gee (Ref: CCP 13/130-153)
- Murder at Brandon (Ref: CCP 13/154-155)
- Posters relating to murders (Ref: CCP 13/158/1-3)
- Murder of Esmaralda Walker (Ref: CCP 13/178)
- Police reports (Ref: CCP 13/)
- Theft (Ref: CCP 13/)
- Wanted persons (Ref: CCP 13/)
- Press cuttings (Ref: CCP 13/159/1)
- Correspondence (Ref: CCP 13/174/1-2)
Catalogue Contents
Criminal enquiries (Ref: CCP 13)Murders (Ref: CCP 13)Murder of Philip Gee (Ref: CCP 13/130-153)Ref: CCP 13/130
Postcard photograph of Private George Gee, no. 2766, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [c. 1914]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)
Ref: CCP 13/131Active service censored postcard, sent to Philip Gee, 106 Rose Cottage, Spennymoor, by George Gee, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 April 1915
(1 card)
Ref: CCP 13/132Standard letter, addressed to Mr. Philip Gee, 106 Durham Road, Spennymoor, informing him that his brother, Private G. Gee, no. 2766, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, was wounded in action abroad on 26 April 1915, 13 May 1915
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/133Letter from the British Red Cross and Order of St. John Enquiry Department for Wounded and Missing, 31 St. James Square, London, to Philip Gee, 106 Durham Road, Spennymoor, confirming that Private George Gee had died of wounds on the battlefield, 22 October 1915
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/134Letter from the Financial Department, The War Office to P. Gee, 106 Durham Road, Spennymoor, Durham, awarding £2 6s. 8d. from army funds to the estate of the late, no. 2766, Private George Gee, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 May 1916
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/135Letter from Financial Department, The War Office awarding £3 from army funds to the estate of, no. 2766, Private George Gee, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infanatry, sent to P. Gee, 2 October 1919
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/136File entitled "Murder of Philip Nash Gee at Spennymoor, 12/13th January 1924, Director of Prosecutions" containing:
notes, letters and statements from the Director of Prosecutions file, n.d.
police notice: Murder at Spennymoor £50 reward, 21 January 1924
photocopy of notes regarding the murder of Philip Nash Gee, boot repairer at Spennymoor, January 1924
(1 file; 2 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/137File entitled "Murder of Philip Nash Gee at Spennymoor on 12/13 January 1924 Witnesses Statements" containing notes and statements of witnesses, January 1924
(1 file)
Ref: CCP 13/138Police reports, memoranda, press cuttings, and a police notice, concerning the murder at Spennymoor, on 12/13 January 1924, of Philip Nash Gee of Tudhoe Grange, 13 January 1924 - 15 January 1927
(2 files)
Ref: CCP 13/139Eight receipts from J. Ramsden, leather factor and boot repairer, 8 Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, for goods bought by Philip Gee, boot repairer, Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, 21 January 1920 - 12 November 1920
(8 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/140Postcard sent to P. Gee, boot repairer, Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, from J. Ramsden, boot maker and repairer, 8 Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, 16 March 1920
(1 card)
Ref: CCP 13/141Postcard from A. & J. Behrman of 14 Pann Lane, Sunderland to P. Gee, 9 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, stating that their representative, Mr. Ball would be calling on 13 or 14 May 1920, 10 May 1920
(1 card)
Ref: CCP 13/142Receipt from Anthony Petty, leather and grinding merchant, High Street, Spennymoor, to P. Gee, 29 April 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/143Receipt from The Waverley Book Co., Ltd., to P. Gee of 9 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, 12 October 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/144Advertisement for 'Nugget' boot polish sent to P. Gee, 29 December 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/145Advertisement for Wilford's Gents' Army Boots, Charles Street, Leicester, n.d., c. 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/146Catalogue of merchandise available from Matthew H. Wilson and Sons, leather and grinding merchants, Newgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d., c. 1920
(4 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/147Invoice from W. E. Wilford, wholesale and export boot factor, 26/28 Charles Street, Leicester, to P. Gee, 2 August 1922
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/148Advertisement for 'The Wearer Benefit Boot Co.', 346 Humberstone Road, Leicester, n.d., 1920s
(2 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/149Sweepstake ticket on the Grand National, organised by R. Stewart Gates and Co., Lugano, Switzerland, found in the shop of Philip Gee, Spennymoor, 26 March, c. 1923
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/150Two sweepstake tickets on the Lincoln Handicap organised by R. Stewart Gates and Co., Lugano, Switzerland, found in the shop of Philip Gee of Spennymoor, 23 March, c. 1923
(2 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/151Three tickets in P. L. Smyth's Dublin Sweepstakes on the Derby, organised by P. L. Smyth ("sweets") Dublin, found in the shop of Philip Gee of Spennymoor, 6 June 1923
(3 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/152Lottery tickets, and order forms, relating to the Danish Colonial Lottery, from C. Anderson of 55 N. Farimagsgade, Copenhagen K., Denmark, found in the shop of Philip Gee of Spennymoor, n.d., 1920s
(6 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/153Request for a donation issued by the Spennymoor Urban District War, Memorial Committee, found in shop of Philip Gee of Spennymoor, 4 March 1920
(1 paper)
Murder at Brandon (Ref: CCP 13/154-155)Ref: CCP 13/154Miniature photographs, on a card headed the Brandon Tragedy, of P.C. [John] Kirkup, No. 321; Sergeant [John] Cowen, [No. 10]; a man and woman, P[lu]mmer and M[?]ter, n.d., c.1865
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/155Photograph of police officer, [P.C. Kirkup] No. 321 connected with the Brandon murder, n.d., c. 1865
(1 photograph, 5.8cm. x 9.6cm., sepia, mounted on card)
Posters relating to murders (Ref: CCP 13/158/1-3)Ref: CCP 13/158/1Poster offering a reward for information concerning the murder of Mary Jane Sewell, aged 6.5 years, of 12 Hill Street, Sunnybrow, at 'The Garth', Sunnybrow, on Wednesday 29 February 1928, 10 March 1928
(1 paper mounted on card)
Ref: CCP 13/158/2Police poster regarding the identity of a woman murdered at Catchgate, Stanley, 17 November 1945, 18 November 1945
(1 paper, mounted on card)
Ref: CCP 13/158/3Poster requesting information about the murder of Sarah Ellen ('Nellie') Watson, of 13 Windsor Terrace, New Kyo, on Friday 12 November 1948 at The Fairground at Stanley, 15 November 1948
(1 paper, mounted on card)
Murder of Esmaralda Walker (Ref: CCP 13/178)Ref: CCP 13/178Express messages from the Chief Constable, Liverpool, concerning the murder of Esmaralda Walker, 22 and 23 July 1964
(1 paper)
Police reports (Ref: CCP 13/)157/1-8, 160, 173, 175, 176/1, 179/1-2
Ref: CCP 13/157/1-8A report from Sergeant Wardell of St. John's Chapel to Inspector Storey at Stanhope Police Station regarding the discovery, on Killhope Moor, of a coffin containing a bullet and a skeleton, which had been buried at least 100 years, 28 August 1921
(8 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/160Report on the rape of a child of eleven at Seaton Carew, 19 August 1955
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/173Police reports with annotations, nos. 8873 to 8946; 8948; 8950 to 8999; 9000; 9001 to 9025; 9036, 5 January 1927 - 16 January 1928
(1 file)
Ref: CCP 13/175Police report book from Ferryhill Police Station, 12 June 1940 - 13 February 1942
(1 volume)
Ref: CCP 13/176/1Notes, statements, and prosecution and charge sheets relating to North Police Station of the Durham County Constabulary, 26 March 1960 - 11 December 1962
(44 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/179/1-2Information sheets issued by Hartlepool Division, 13 July 1972 - 21 July 1972
(2 papers)
Wanted persons (Ref: CCP 13/)156, 159/2, 161-170
N.B. suspects in CCP 13/161-169 are named [staff can access names on accession file subject to Data Protection legislation]
Details of Mark Jopling (alias Frederick Watson) of Bishop Auckland, wanted in connection with the embezzlement of £600 from the Rock Building Society, last known whereabouts of whom was Bilbao in Spain, 31 October 1896
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/159/2Description of wanted persons and their whereabouts, 20 March 1955
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/161Description, with photographs, of wanted person who escaped from H.M. Prison, Durham, 12/13 March 1961
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/162Details of prisoner who escaped from custody while being transferred from Strangeways Division to Dartmoor prison, 24 January 1961
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/163Details of suspect wanted in connection with offences of larceny and false pretences, c. 1961
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/164Details of suspect wanted in connection with theft of a motor vehicle, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/165Details of suspect wanted for offences of larceny, housebreaking and false pretences, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/166Details of suspect wanted in connection with shopbreaking offences, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/167Details of suspect wanted in connection with the death of a child, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/168Details of suspect wanted in connection with offences of larceny and false pretences, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/169Details of suspect wanted for housebreaking offences, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/170Express messages giving details of wanted persons in connection with murders, and details of stolen property, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(4 papers)
Evidence (Ref: CCP 13/)172/1-2, 180-182
Ref: CCP 13/172/1Photograph of a decomposed body in woodland with numbered police markers, n.d.
(1 photograph, 50.5cm. x 40cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: CCP 13/172/2Photograph of a stone wall and woodland, with numbered police markers where a decomposed body was found, n.d.
(1 photograph, 50.5cm. x 40cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: CCP 13/180/1-8Photographs of a building destroyed as a result of arson, n.d., c.1968
(8 photographs, 30.5 cm. x 24 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: CCP 13/181/1-3Photographs of stolen property recovered from the home of an individual, c. 1960
(1 booklet)
Ref: CCP 13/182/1-4Photographs of a bicycle with electrical device in basket, n.d., c. 1970
(1 booklet containing 4 photographs, 20.5 cm. x 16.8 cm., black and white)
Theft (Ref: CCP 13/)171, 176/2-3
Ref: CCP 13/171Message for duty sergeant concerning the theft of letters from a post box in Raby Road, possibly in West Hartlepool, n.d.
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/5
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/176/2A report to Stockton police from Glasgow City police regarding the theft of a car registered in Lanark and sold illegally in Stockton-on-Tees, 23 November 1959
(3 papers)
Ref: CCP 13/176/3Papers from the British Transport Commission Police (N.E. Area) in Middlesbrough, concerning the theft of 5,000 cigarettes, 24 May 1960
(42 papers)
Press cuttings (Ref: CCP 13/159/1)Ref: CCP 13/159/1File of mounted press cuttings relating to the abduction of Mary Tindale from outside her home at Thompson's Place, Felling, 4 August 1950
(1 file)
Correspondence (Ref: CCP 13/174/1-2)Ref: CCP 13/174/1General correspondence and information forwarded to Inspector J. H. Scotland, Spennymoor Police Office, 3 March 1924 - 27 August 1929
(1 file)
Ref: CCP 13/174/2Handbill regarding licences for armorial bearings, male servants, dogs and guns, 1924
Originally enclosed in CCP 13/174/1
(1 paper)
Ref: CCP 13/177Number not used
