Ripperologist #173

[Geddy2112]

It's odd that only now is Ed throwing his hat in the ring, but I suspect he's been following the discussion on JTR Forum and is using the opportunity to take a rather over-the-top jab at the Ripperologist.

Thank you. Yeah he is also poking, or failing to successfully poke holes in the 'missing' article with the Robert Paul criminal record. IMO the forums should not be public, if you are not a member then you should not be allowed to read them but hey-ho it's not that I would not say exactly the same thing (or worse) to his face anyway.

[Geddy2112]

That’s Ripperologist Magazine: The Last Word in Ripperological Academic Vigour.

Well there is the next episode's tag line... rather catchy to be honest. Probably the only decent thing he has ever posted

[jmenges]

Thats because Ripperological Academic Vigour is what he whispers over and over to himself in his bathroom mirror.

JM

[Geddy2112]

It's odd that only now is Ed throwing his hat in the ring, but I suspect he's been following the discussion on JTR Forum and is using the opportunity to take a rather over-the-top jab at the Ripperologist.

I think he is suggesting he first wrote about it all in the Whitechapel Society publication... sorry no dates given.

[rjpalmer]

I think he is suggesting he first wrote about it all in the Whitechapel Society publication... sorry no dates given.

It was in the October 2017 issue.

Would it be kosher to post the second page?

[Geddy2112]

It was in the October 2017 issue.

Would it be kosher to post the second page?

I dunno...

[rjpalmer]

Thanks. It's a pretty good article by Ed, so I guess it explains his exasperation that the Cohen/Gertrude Smith connection is still getting an airing.

Although he's probably correct (and I think he is correct) that Martin Fido jumped to the wrong conclusion, it wasn't merely a matter of Cohen having been in court on the same date--it is a bit more complicated; he was given the same Minute of Adjudication number as the Smith/Jones/Hickey cases. As such, it was perhaps understandable that some would view this as evidence that the incidents were connected, but such does not appear to be the case when one starts examining similar numbering.

I believe that Jose Oranto must be correct in thinking these numbers have something to do with the transfer of prisoners from the police station to the holding cells at the court. The prisoners are then brought in in batches, all with the same Minute of Adjudication number, though the cases weren't necessarily related. Sometimes they were, sometimes they weren't.

Gertrude Smith, by the way, was her real (married) name. Alias Smith and Jones was a popular television show in the 1970s, so Ed's remark made me smile.

[Debra A]

Is there such a thing as a minute book for these court records?