Hello everyone,

I think it was "The Norwood Builder" where Lestrade announces the
discovery of a bloody fingerpint, saying something like "you may have
heard that no two marks are alike?" To which Holmes replies "I have
heard something of the sort." And of course the fingerprint was
forged. Scotland Yard was aware of the science, but it was Holmes who
trumped them again.

Jeff


--- In SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., "Julia"
<julialhuggins@n...> wrote:
>
> Question: generally, what was Holmes' attitude towards new inventions
> in crime detection, such as fingerprinting?
>
>
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>
> I'm sure there are more, but I'm too lazy this evening...I can't think
> of any reference Holmes makes to the art of fingerprint identification
> (!!) -- it is probably right before me though...
>
> Julia
>