A Substitute for a Prism in Fingerprint Photography
| Author | T. J. Barrett |
| Published date | 01 April 1954 |
| Date | 01 April 1954 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X5402700210 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
SUBSTITUTE
PRISM
IN
FINGERPRINT
PHOTOGRAPHY
138
entries may prove or disprove any irregularities, especially falsi-
fication, for which there
are
heavy penalties.
EXEMPTIONS
Some guidance may be
obtained
from the
Road
and
Rail Traffic
Act (Exemption) Regulations 1951, which set
out
the various classes
of
vehicles, which
are
technically
goods
vehicles,
and
their
particular
uses, for which it is unnecessary to hold a carrier's licence. No
drivers' records need be kept in respect of a farmer's
"C"
licensed
vehicle used for his business when not travelling
more
than
25 miles
from its
normal
garage or depot. Travelling showmen's vehicles
running
not
more
than
50 miles in any 24
hours
are
also exempt.
It
is particularly noteworthy
that
where a vehicle is being used for a
purpose for which no carrier's licence would be
necessary-one
might aptly
term
this the test
of
use-it
follows
that
it is exempt
from the conditions
attached
to such licence, which includes, inter
alia, the keeping
of
records. As a case in point, there is the High
Court
case
of
Blenkin v. Bell (I 952), which concerned aprosecution
for exceeding 30 m.p.h. in a
"C"
licensed
vehicle-a
shooting brake.
At the time
of
the alleged offence the vehicle was
not
being used for
the carriage
of
goods.
The
justices refused to convict
but
at
the
Queen's Bench Division, Lord
Goddard
C..l.
said:-
"One
has a vehicle which can be used for carrying passengers
or
goods or both. If it is being used for carrying
goods
as distinct from
passenger's luggage, it requires acertain licence
and
certain restrictions
are
placed on it so long as it is being used as a goods vehicle. ] f it
is
not
being used as a goods vehicle it would
not
require
that
licence;
and
it would only require the licence while carrying goods
and
the
speed limit is only applicable when it is carrying
goods."
In conclusion, when checking driving records it should be remem-
bered
that
if a driver can prove
that
any
excess driving time was
due
to unavoidable delay in the completion
of
any
journey
arising
out
of
circumstances he could not have reasonably foreseen, he shall
not
be liable to conviction.
A
Substitute
for
a
Prism
In
Fingerprint
Photography
By
DETECTIVE
SERGEANT
T. J.
BARRETT
Warwickshire
Constabulary
AS an officer .with some practical. experience.
of
police
photography,
Ihave noticed that some police forces 10
photographing
white
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