§ SIR WILLIAM BULL (Hammersmith)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any official information showing that the finger impressions of two persons, one in custody at Bloemfontein and the other at Cape Town, have proved to be identical; and whether, in view of the importance to criminal justice of the efficiency of this method of fixing identity being carefully scrutinised, he proposes to take any action in the matter.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE, Leeds, W)It appears from the official report that there is no foundation for the statement that the finger impressions taken at Bloemfontein and Cape Town were these of different 1604 persons. They are the finger impressions of one and the same person who figured under one name at Bloemfontein and under another at Cape Town. The incident is a testimonial to the efficiency of the finger print system of identification