. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. given. It is not suggested that these hints cover the whole field of thisinteresting subject. Each case must be dealt with as occasion is thought, however, that they may assist those possessing a good knowl-edge of photography who are called upon to photograph finger marksfound at the scene of crime. Figures 86, 87, and 88 illustrate the way in which finger print ex-hibits are prepared at New Scotland Yard for production in Court. Thecharacteristics, such as bifurcations, abruptly terminating
. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. given. It is not suggested that these hints cover the whole field of thisinteresting subject. Each case must be dealt with as occasion is thought, however, that they may assist those possessing a good knowl-edge of photography who are called upon to photograph finger marksfound at the scene of crime. Figures 86, 87, and 88 illustrate the way in which finger print ex-hibits are prepared at New Scotland Yard for production in Court. Thecharacteristics, such as bifurcations, abruptly terminating ridges, or any 270 Personal Identification other noticeable peculiarities, are marked with red ink and numbered asshown. The exhibits are enlarged six diameters. A sufficient number,usually about twelve, are prepared for distribution amongst the Judge,the Jury, and Counsel. A few unmarked copies are always available incase they might be required. The following seven cases, furnished by Scotland Yard, illustrate themethod just described. They vary in details sufficiently to embrace all. 27 26 Z6 2^ Figure 87. Photographic enlargement of thepattern on the left index finger of a prisoner, J. Compare with the accidental impres-sion on the window pane in the preceding figure, andcheck up the 28 points of identity. the usual conditions, such as the surfaces upon which records are made,various types of patterns, degree of perfection of the prints, and so The last three figures, 86, 87, and 88, used to illustrate the method,represent the left index pattern of J. H. Wheeldon. The chance im-pression, Figure 86, was found on a window pane, and is an Ulnar Loopwith a ridge count of 14. As this was on glass, it was developedwith gray powder, and then a reversed plate was made before printing thephotograph. The same may be said of the other specimens in this collec-tion which were found upon glass. Accidental Impressions and their Development 271 Figure 87 was taken from th
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