TELL-TALE FINGER-PRINTS
TRACING OF CRIMINALS VALUE OF METHOD PROVED (TllE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The value of finger-prints in the tracing of criminals is shown in the annual report of the Police Force of the Dominion, presented to Parliament to-day by Commissioner W. B. Mcllveney. Dealing with the work of the criminal registration branch, the report states that in 192 G the finger-prints of 3,846 persons were filed, and 255 persons were identified as previous offenders in New Zealand or other countries, who, but for the finger-print system, would havfc passed as first offenders. One unknown deceased person was identified. In 39 cases of breaking and entering, and one case of indecent assault, finger-prints left by offenders when committing the crime were identified, and in these 40 cases all the offenders but three pleaded guilty. These three were found guilty on the production of finger-print evidence in the Supreme Courts. Since the introduction of the fingerprint system in 1903, the number of prints in the possession of the police has increased from 3,500 to 37,808, and the number of prisoners traced annually as previous offenders has increased from 117 to 255.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 132, 25 August 1927, Page 13
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192TELL-TALE FINGER-PRINTS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 132, 25 August 1927, Page 13
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