. Guide to finger-print identification [electronic resource]. experiencein two such cases, and found useful evidence from these marks. Inone case greasy finger-marks revealed who had been drinking somerectified spirit. The pattern was unique, and fortunately I hadpreviously obtained a copy of it. They agreed with microscopicfidelity. In another case sooty finger-marks of a person climbing awhite wall were of great use as negative evidence. In that lattercase it was clear that the person originally suspected was not the realoffender, and indeed a single finger-print is capable of yielding veryd
. Guide to finger-print identification [electronic resource]. experiencein two such cases, and found useful evidence from these marks. Inone case greasy finger-marks revealed who had been drinking somerectified spirit. The pattern was unique, and fortunately I hadpreviously obtained a copy of it. They agreed with microscopicfidelity. In another case sooty finger-marks of a person climbing awhite wall were of great use as negative evidence. In that lattercase it was clear that the person originally suspected was not the realoffender, and indeed a single finger-print is capable of yielding verydecisive evidence of a rebutting or negative kind. If one finger mark is characteristic in itself, as many are, and is clearly enoughimprinted, it may be easy to determine that no part of the accusedpersons hands could give any such impression. Classification of Smudges. When a mark supposed to be, or to resemble, a finger-print ispresented for scrutiny as evidence it would be well to have arecognised term to express the fact of its as yet unknown character. Fig. 14. Prints (enlarged) from Orang and Chimpanzi in theZoological Gardens, London, 1905. 47 and origin. Such blurs have been shown to a jury under a headingof finger-print, and have been often referred to in court as a thumb-print, evidently because a thumb-print of the accused manwas thought to resemble it. I suggest that the word smudge ( = Lat. Litura\ Fr. Tdche;Germ. Makel; Japan. Shimi) be adopted technically to describegenerally, without prejudice, the patch, single, double or triple, tobe compared, and if possible identified, with that of one or moreparticular finger-prints of the accused. Three compartments may(provisionally) be arranged for the classification of smudges aspresenting evidence, and perhaps a fourth:— 1. —Smudges having no ridges or lineations shown quite clearly throughout their course in the field of observation. They mightpossibly sometimes assist in guiding suspicion but do not formgood case
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