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Show Solenoe of Finger Prints. The value of finger-prints as means cf Identification Is now generally admitted, ad-mitted, though H was rocontly called in question in a London court. In this case, however, an erroneous print had boon forwarded in the case of a particular prisoner, and the charge of inaccuracy therefore fell to the ground. Francis Galton and Dr. Ber-UUon Ber-UUon have elaborated this system to a high degree of accuracy, and taken In conjunction with certain physical ncaerarementB it may be regarded as unique in Ha power of settling identities. iden-tities. The Chtnese ages ago adopted a similar system. They were apparently appar-ently aworo of tho fact that no two persons havo tho skin linos at the ends of tho fingers developed in precisely pre-cisely tho same way. Tho finger system sys-tem has had a long and extenslvo trial in Franco. |