EVADING FINGER PRINTS.
"■THE FITZEOY MUBDEE TEIAI.' By Telezraph—Press Association—Oopyriehi ''.' (Eec. February 19, 1.5 a.m.) Melbourne, February 18. • The trial of Harold Thompson, for the murder of Trotter, has commenced.
-. The Crown Prqsecutprj in his opening address, stated that a. most remarkablo development had occurred, Thompson's index .finger, vv|thin the' very recent past, had been interfered with, and by: some process of manipulation the ridges of tho finger had been altered.. .This ho regarded as an indication that the accused desiret) to evade conviction. The weight of cvidenco was created by tho similarity of the finger-print found at Trotter's house, and the .impression from Thompson's finger token by tho police.' , Tho evidence given was similar to that, at the inquest.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 7
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120EVADING FINGER PRINTS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 7
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