. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. nd his wife were murdered in their bed at a house in Dept-ford, London. They were in the habit of placing their money each nightin a small cash-box kept under a pillow of the bed. After the murdersthe cash-box was found in the bedroom broken open and the money the side of its inner tray was a faint digital mark (Figure 100), whichwas immediately photographed. Subsequently two brothers namedStratton were arrested on suspicion, it being known to the police that Accidental Impressions and their Devel
. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. nd his wife were murdered in their bed at a house in Dept-ford, London. They were in the habit of placing their money each nightin a small cash-box kept under a pillow of the bed. After the murdersthe cash-box was found in the bedroom broken open and the money the side of its inner tray was a faint digital mark (Figure 100), whichwas immediately photographed. Subsequently two brothers namedStratton were arrested on suspicion, it being known to the police that Accidental Impressions and their Development 275 they were in the locahty at the time the murders must have been com-mitted. Their finger prints were taken, and the right thumb print ofAlfred, one of the brothers (Figure 101), was found to be identical withthe mark on the cash box. No one saw either of these men go into thehouse or leave it. The finger print evidence not only discovered who werethe authors of this crime, but furnished the evidence to convict. Laterthey were convicted of the murders and both were S A y Figure 92. Enlarged photograph of a print of the rightindex finger of William Simpson. Compare with the accidentalimprint shown in the preceding figure, and check up the 15points of identity. (From Scotland Yard, London.) These wonderful reproductions from Scotland Yard are doubtlessfrom among the best ones that they have had to do with. It is seldomthat accidental imprints are met with that are anywhere near as good asthese. The authors have seen accidental imprints that were developed,where not one detail could be checked up; nevertheless they had a certainvalue, as they were of similar patterns to those of the accused, and pre-vented a claim of Non-Identity from being advanced. In obtaining imprints of a suspected person to compare wkh some 276 Personal Identification chance impressions, after taking the bulb impressions, take a set of rolledimprints from each finger its whole length, th
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