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Jimi Hendrix

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Jimi Hendrix

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Auction Date:2012 Jan 26 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Official documents concerning Jimi Hendrix's arrest in Sweden, in January 1968, after destroying his hotel room in Gothenburg. Comprising twenty-three pages in Swedish (some are photostats with ink notations) and one in English, most measuring 8.25 x 11.5, with the English page, which prohibits Hendrix from leaving Sweden, signed at the conclusion, “Jimi Hendrix.” The contents of the documents are as follows:

–Outer protective folder from Gothenburg Magistrates Court which has the typed name of the prosecutor Bengt Kviele and the defendant musician James Marshall Hendrix. The cover is dated 1968.

–Reports detailing the events that took place which lead up to Jimi’s arrest.

–Detailed witness statements in Swedish from the porter at the Hotel Opalen, Mitch Mitchell and Hendrix’s own statement of events.

–A complete list on two pages of Hotel Opalen letter head of the items that Jimi Hendrix damaged or destroyed in his hotel room.

–Various legal papers which detail such things as Jimi’s birthdate, London address, parents etc.

The page signed by Hendrix, dated April 1, 1968, is headed at the top, “Prohibition to Leave the Country,” and reads, in full: “American subject Hendrix James Marshall born on 27/11/42 is on reasonable grounds suspected of having committed damage at Gothenburg on 4th January 1968. There is reason to believe that he/she might abscond or otherwise evade legal proceedings or punishment. For this reason the public prosecutor Bokelund has this day issued an order of prohibition to leave the country as follows:

Hendrix shall stay in Gothenburg and is forbidden to leave the city without the permission of the prosecuting authorities. He/she shall report daily to the police at 14 o’clock hours. Furthermore, he/she is ordered to hand over passport, driving license and keys of motor vehicle, so that they may be kept in custody of the police authorities during the time of the prohibition to leave the country.

To the police in Gothenburg from the 9th of January 68. This prohibition shall be valid from the date it was served on the person concerned and until otherwise provided.

In case of infringement of the travel prohibition or of the conditions appertaining there to, he/she shall be liable to immediate arrest or be remanded in custody.

Hendrix has the right to appeal against this decision. Any such request shall be made in writing to Goteborgs Radhusratt (Law Court of Gothenburg).” Signed by a police official, the document continues “I hereby certify that I have this day received a copy identical to the above. Gothenburg 4/1 68,” and signed “Jimi Hendrix.”

In very good to fine condition, with central horizontal fold to pages, scattered creases, expected office stamps and notations, multiple staples to top left, staple holes to several pages, and edge and spine tears to folder. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, as well as two unsigned photos of Hendrix and his band in Sweden.

Hendrix and his band arrived in Sweden one day earlier, checking in to the Hotel Opalen, then heading out to Klubb Karl, a local nightclub. At approximately 4 a.m. on January 4, a hotel guest complained to the night receptionist about a disturbance in the room above. Upon letting himself into the room, the employee found total devastation and Hendrix passed out on the bed in a pool of blood, having broken a room window with his right hand. The police were then called, Hendrix was arrested and charged with criminal damage, and taken to the hospital for medical attention. The police put an immediate travel ban on Hendrix and ordered him to report to the police station every day at 2 p.m. until his court appearance on January 16th 1968 when Hendrix received a fine of 3200 Swedish Crowns. Hendrix’s explanation for the incident was that someone had spiked his drink with LSD.
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