Stratton Brothers case
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title:
Stratton Brothers case
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Alfred Edward Stratton (1882-1905) and his brother Albert Ernest Stratton (1884-1905) were the first men to be convicted in Britain for murder based on fingerprint evidence. They were both executed at 9 am on 23 May 1905 at HM Prison Wandsworth. The case, otherwise known as the Mask Murders, the Deptford Murders or the Farrow Murders, was one of the earliest convictions using forensic science.
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1905 British murder case; first to use fingerprints as conclusive evidence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Brothers_case
date created:
2005-10-28T23:58:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T07:24:05Z
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