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Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1920, Page 5

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EXPERT'S INTERESTuIo PONSONBY MURDE&<£jg^H By Talegnph.—Prtu Aua.M!M^^^| Auckland, iAit^^H The trial of Dennis Gun on^^^H of murdering Mr. Bnuthwifl^^H master at Ponaonby, was cont^^^H -. The most important was Inspector John in charge of the finger print the New South Wales police, he had had seventeen years' of finger print work. H» connected with it, in fait; it was introduced into Wales. He spent some Scotland Yard, London, fa found by comparison, that bureau was working on t}oit|^H Continuing, witness said rived at Auckland on Mas his arrival he was asked test in the presence of a>' persons. The test vu an difficult one, such as he self ever think of putting to He remarked on this at the was handed a revolver on was indicated to him. handed a photographic part of a fingerprint about mM^H He was asked to identify, one print from 101 complete' prints each supplied.to him. was difficult for a -number amongst which were the dence as to the class of pattern the partial print belonged; that the enlargement and prints were on different stated at once that the occupy a couple of days, but ed out, he made his about two hours. At an he put one form aside, but through all the rest of 'the view of the possibility of %sM^^| Mr. Tole: There was of the forms to indicate the subjects?—No, the forms specially prepared, and there ing on them btit the usual Kwff^H His Honor: You put oee at an early stage. How was that?— After about foMifl^^H And that print proved which you identified ?—Yes. '^v-^^H Witness detailed his the revolver, cash boxes, graphic enlargements presents A finger print under the I'd box No. 1 was exceptionally the resemblance to the so marked that even a ty* o fail to see that the prints liy the same person. In 40 points of resemblance were a number of others, most striking. One particular was more clearly the enlargement from the box t|^H Regarding the print on the cash box, witness said that nine points of resemblance: ! not consider it satisfactory atone, but in conjunction with prints, he found it of value.' state definitely that it was , the record print made by print on the side of eash-box No', better one, and the one on the small. Each of them indicated'iai^H Referring to the revolver tor Fowler said that the evidence tification which it offered was "personally would not have doubt that the finger which identical with the left middle Dennis Gunn's record, The was remarkably good, curved nature of the surface ed. It was inevitable that some of the print should be out of two prints showed a number characteristic features, notably were known as "split ,he pointed out to the jury. Til* pfcuH the tray of cash-box No. 2 was with both the revolver prinfr-apd cord print of Gunn's left.midalkJ^H Mr. Tole: Taking the prints. t »H aggregate, what opinion wmU'tjH . Witness: I stand here in in regard to the prints, and considered the matter before prcssion to my opinion in the I do nt present. And that' am much more certain made the prints on the the revolver than I should casual sight of him making other words, I could conceivably mistake in facial claim that I do not do so in finger prints. There can be nplnjH course of photographs taken at periods. It is frequently said "look alike," but with finger yes or no always. $1