Kelly inquest/Smithkey

[Pierre]

I don't, I'm afraid, my dear boy, but I can see online that Smithkey says:

"Through my research efforts, I was able to find a good facsimile of the inquest and witness statements of November 9th 1888. They are included in part of this work. A typed transcript is included as well. For the most part, the transcript has been typed exactly as it appears in the facsimile. I have only added some punctuation to make the document more readable. The facsimile itself has not been added in any way. It is exactly as it appears in the police file."

I have no idea what he means by "the police file".

If you can put up an image of a single page of what you are talking about I might be able to be of further assistance.

The facsimile is just what he probably rightly assumes is a copy of the original inquest papers in handwriting.

But the original inquest papers, what he calls the facsimile, looks rather perfect and there are very few errors in it. So I thought perhaps they it be a transcription from an even earlier original.

But if that earlier original is lost, the police or the court having transcribed the first original to make it more readable, who would know anything about it?

Probably no one.

[David Orsam]

I don't, I'm afraid, my dear boy, but I can see online that Smithkey says:

"Through my research efforts, I was able to find a good facsimile of the inquest and witness statements of November 9th 1888. They are included in part of this work. A typed transcript is included as well. For the most part, the transcript has been typed exactly as it appears in the facsimile. I have only added some punctuation to make the document more readable. The facsimile itself has not been added in any way. It is exactly as it appears in the police file."

I have no idea what he means by "the police file".

If you can put up an image of a single page of what you are talking about I might be able to be of further assistance.

[Pierre]

Are you in possession of a copy of the book my dear boy?

I managed to borrow it, yes. And you, David?

[David Orsam]

Are you in possession of a copy of the book my dear boy?

[Pierre]

Hi,

Does anyone here know if the printed handwritings in Smithkey (1998) are printed from the original handwritings from the Kelly inquest - or if they are printed from handwritten transcriptions of the original inquest papers written down shortly after or some time after the inquest?

Pierre