Classification and uses of finger prints / by Sir E.R. Henry.

  • Edward Henry
Date:
1913
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Credit: Classification and uses of finger prints / by Sir E.R. Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    both hands in these ten accumulations being Loops. The last three are reduced by ridge tracing, the index and middle of both hands being Whorls. The complete scheme of classification and sub- classification, as explained in preceding pages, is exhibited in Plate 5. As an additional check against any clerical error which might occur in writing the name of the person whose finger prints are taken on the form I. or II. through inadvertence, when several persons are having their finger impressions taken, the precaution of having the print of the right index finger made on the back of the form immediately after the signa- nature is written is prescribed. By this means a mistake can at once be detected by comparing the impression with the print on the other side, which is folded over for the purpose. The signature and the finger impression should invariably be taken on the back of each form at once. Application of system to police work- ing*.-—The manner in which the systems works in the Police Department may be described. A man charged with housebreaking and theft is convicted under the name of John Smith, sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and sent to jail, where his finger prints, together with the finger prints of other prisoners received, are taken by a prison warder. On the back of each slip is recorded the prisoner’s name, with dates and full particulars of the case, and the slip thus filled up is forwarded to the Central Office. On receipt there, they are classified