'The system in use in the International Settlement is known as the "Henry System™, named after Sir Edward Henry, who had his system acknowledged by the British Gov ernment, having' it installed in 1901 St" New' Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, of which he was later made Commissioner." This system Classifying Is briefly as follows:—
The finger prints of the person are taken ona sheet of paper bearing the necessary information to indicate into which space each singer print has to be placed. 'The prints of the right hand are taken first, commeneing with the thumb, while the prints of the left hand are similarly taken Immediately below. "There is, of course, always the danger that' the operator may take the same finger (wice and omit one. Such mistakes Would result. in wrong. classification. Tu order to protect the expert, who thas to say whether or not the person known to the police, against such mistakes, the four fingers of each hand are placed together and dabbed simultaneously on the bott form. These dabbed cannot be transposed and so the ex~ pert, before classifying the top prints, "compares them with the dabbed to cheek their correctness, The prints taken in the spaces. are known ax "rolled impressions" and are obtained by rolling the fin many's "ersatz This fin) from the ede of the nail on one showed the complete rout of Ger- side to the edge of the nail on the man naval squadron at Narvik, other. This ly to ensure that all the Even an audience of diehard Nazis relevant details of the pattern are must "have been impressed as one} elude, ignominiously under the sea, AS it german ship after another slid fails ka ign granites The system of classification in use was Friday's audience was certainly in the Shanghai Municipal Police, he impressed, continued, was the most nearly There were many other pictures errorless he knew of, This was not showing" Bri ish superiority on the! due to superior intelligence of stall sea and in the air, There was a bhut simply to an elaborate system of battle of planes over Paris in whi checking and crass-cheeking. The the camera WuRhL one oF two. Nazi receive over 100 records planes crashing in flames,
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