TROTTER MURDER
FINGER-PRINTS ALTERED REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CASE. By Telegraph—Prose Association—Copyright (Received February 19, 1.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, February 18. The trial of Harold Thompson for the murder of Trotter has commenced. The Crown Prosecutor in opening the case, stated that a most remarkable development had occurred. Thompson’s index finger, within the very recent past, had .been interfered with, and by some process of manipulation the ridges of the finger had been altered. This he regarded as an indication that accused desired to evade the weight of evidence created by the similarity of the finger-print found in Trotter’s house and the impression of Thompson’s finger taken by the police. Evidence was given similar to that at the inquest.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8358, 19 February 1913, Page 8
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118TROTTER MURDER New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8358, 19 February 1913, Page 8
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