SUPREME COURT
AUCKLAND CASES VALUE OF FINGER-PRINTS. Per Preen Association. AUCKLAND, February 4. At the Supreme Court, Joseph Sturge Redfern, on two charges of incest, was acquitted. The defence was a general denial Of the allegations, and also that the two daughters had given evidence because of the hatred of their father. Evidence was offered attacking the character of the girls. Joseph Roy O’Shea, aged 29 years, was found guilty of assaulting Leslie Titqhener and robbing him of £2O. The finger-print evidence by SeniorSergeant Dmnie, of Wellington, played an important part in the case. Senior-Sergeant Dinnie said he found fifteen points of similarity between the finger-print found on certain bottles and the certified print made by tho middle finger of accused’s right hand. " There were thirty billion chances tq one against the prints being from any other finger thanHhat of accused. Mr Justice Stringer remarked that the value of finger-print evidence was now fairly established, and in all civilised countries it was regarded as of tho utmost possible value. The accused was remanded for sentence.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12363, 5 February 1926, Page 11
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175SUPREME COURT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12363, 5 February 1926, Page 11
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