The Colonial Police
| Date | 01 October 1939 |
| Published date | 01 October 1939 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3901200413 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
CASE
OF
DEFINITE
PROOF
IN
MURDER
481
point replaced in position, while NO.5 shows the point and a
portion of the blade. When produced in Court the photographs
of the wound in the breast, the head, and the complete knife
(Nos.
1,2,
3 and 4) were at " actual
size"
and that of the point
and a portion of the blade
(No.5)
at a magnification of 24
diameters.
The
finding of the missing point of the blade actually
embedded in the skull of the deceased enabled evidence to be
given that the knife, which was proved to have been seized
from the possession of the accused, had definitely been used
in the commission of the crime in spite of the fact that no trace
of human blood had been found anywhere upon it.
Faced by this evidence the accused confessed to having
killed the deceased with the knife, and to having buried the
body in the place where it was discovered some twenty days
later.
The
Colonial
Police
Superintendent of Police, Mauritius.
Inspector, Police Department, Nyasaland.
Superintendent of Police, Mauritius.
Assistant Inspector of Police, Tanganyika
Territory.
Superintendent of Police, Tanganyika
Territory.
The
following appointments are announced by the Colonial Office:
FORDE,
N. H. B. (Assistant Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Superintendent, Palestine Nigeria.
Police Force)
GIBSON,
A. S. (European Clerk) Chief Inspector of Police, Tanganyika
Territory.
MASON,
J. C. (Assistant Super-
intendent) . . . .
SMITH,
F. B.(Assistant Inspector)
STAFFORD,
A. E. (Assistant
Superintendent).
. .
WEBB,
J. C. H. (British Con-
stable, Palestine Police)
WOLTON,
E. F. E.,
M.M.
(Assist-
ant Superintendent of Police)
G
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