It is only too well known. that in cases where the identification of a certain person depends solely on the impression made by the features and general appearance on the memory of the person who is to prove the identity, many mistakes, strange and otherwise, have been made, and many innocent men, and in some rare cases women, have been put to much inconvenience and pain, In the case of habitual criminals, new systems of identification by measurements, and by the impression of the ball of the thumb are being tried with considerable success, and the careful elaboration of these systems, and the lessons taught by experience will,
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