Was Joe Barnettīs alibi accepted lightly?

[GUT]

Did Barnett need an alibi?.Doesn't appear he was a suspect,and the fact he gave evidence of residence under oath,might have negated a need for a check.

Just can't imagine they wouldnt check where he was living.

[harry]

Did Barnett need an alibi?.Doesn't appear he was a suspect,and the fact he gave evidence of residence under oath,might have negated a need for a check.

[GUT]

Why in the world would the police let his alibi go untested or take it lightly when he was the most likely suspect in one of the most gruesome murders in London history?

c.d.

But the only way most theories work is by assuming the police were so stupid they couldnt find their backside with a mirror on a stick. Then they use the fact that most of the police file has gone missing to say 'See you can't prove the police checked".

Just crazy.

If there's one thing police forces have consistently done well it's routine following the dots.

[c.d.]

Why in the world would the police let his alibi go untested or take it lightly when he was the most likely suspect in one of the most gruesome murders in London history?

c.d.

[David Orsam]

and the Daily Telegraph from the 12th has:

No, my dear boy, it's the Daily Telegraph from the 13th.

And the Times of the same day stated:

"Joseph Barnett was then called, and said he was a labourer working by the riverside, and up to Saturday last he lived at 24 New-street, Bishopsgate, having been staying at 21, Ponpool-lane since then."

It's a good example of the newspaper reporters being a little more accurate than what you charmingly refer to as the "inquest source" which, you have omitted to mention, has Barnett saying "I now live at my sisters 21 Portpool Lane, Grays Inn Road."

[Pierre]

Hi,

There are just a few sources left for the alibi of Joe Barnett.

The police investigation source from the 9th November has: "...now residing at 24 & 25 New Street Bishops gate..."

The inquest source from the 12th has "I reside at 24 and 25 New Street, Bishopsgate..."

and the Daily Telegraph from the 12th has:

"Until Saturday last I lived at 24, New-street, Bishopsgate, and have since stayed at my sister's, 21, Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-road."

People used false alibis in 1888 and alibis were of course tested.

Is there any evidence that Joe Barnettīs alibi was tested?

Is there any evidence that the police accepted his alibi lightly?

Pierre