Classification of Handwriting and Counterfeit Coins
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3400700303 |
| Date | 01 July 1934 |
| Author | A. Popkess |
| Published date | 01 July 1934 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Classification
of
Handwriting and
Counterfeit Coins
By CAPTAIN A. POPKESS
Chief Constable of
Nottingham
AS classification of handwriting and counterfeit coins is not
J-\done
in England, it occurs to the writer that the systems
recently adopted in Nottingham may be of interest.
Handwriting
We attempt only to classify handwriting for the purposes
of registration and to ' get a
line'
on somebody. Such a
system of classification is of considerable value in certain
types of offences such as breaks-in, blackmail, false-pretences,
anonymous letter writing, etc.
We make no attempt to give evidence on handwriting
itself, as such evidence is best left to experts like Quirke and
Gurrin. But the value of even these gentlemen is minimized
unless there is a suspect. And it is with the view of trying to
find a suspect that this system of handwriting classification
is devised.
For the purposes of our system we classify handwriting
in three main or '
pure'
Groups:
'Arcade,"
Angular'
and
,Garland
':
and these again into combinations making a
total of seven Groups altogether.
For
the moment we will
not concern ourselves with the combinations,
but
will stick
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