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ICASE IS PROVEN*BY FINGER PRINTSuJiNew York, Jan. 12.—What issaid to be the first conviction in this country on the strength of finger-print evidence was obtained today when Harry Peck and Joseph Cohen pleaded guilty be-i bore Judge Crain to third degreeburglary.Lieutenant Faurot of the bureau of ident fication of crimin als of the police department was explaining the enlarged prints of Cohen to the jury when leaned over to his counsel and exclaimed:“We can’t beat that; go aheadand plead guilty for us.”The plea was entered and the prisoners were remanded to the Tombs until January 20 for sentence. ~
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Burlington State Dispatch
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Wed, Jan 18, 1911
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