EVIDENCE OF FINGERPRINTS

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1929, Page 4

EVIDENCE OF FINGERPRINTS

QUESTION OF IDENTIFICATION.

By Telegraph-Press Association. Invercargill, July 22. Finger prints’ formed an important part of the evidence Miller, who was before the court on charges of false pretences. Detective Hewitt stated ‘ could be established that Mil identical with Ellis, the “?n ho would bo sent to Auckland * about a hundred charges of false pie tences would be preferred. . The Borstal officer gave evidence that he took Millers finger prints and _or warded them to Wellington. . _ vnpr * Claude Francis, (linger print cxpe from headquarters, said that he ide” fied the finger prints as identical with those of Peicy Henjy Ellis, whose finger prints had. been previously taken on three occasions when he was in gaol. There were also blue dots on the left wrist. At the request of Detective Hewitt, who said there were complaints against the man from all over the country, a remand was granted till Wednesday.