WILL WEST & WILLIAM WEST

From 1870 to 1900, the Bertillion system or anthropometric system of identification based on measurements of height, head and other parts of body was accepted by the police department as a means of identification. But it so happened in 1903 that one Will West was arrested by the police and was identified by a police officer as having a previous conviction. But Will West denied the same. When his measurements were taken, it was found out that they were the same as that of one Mr. WEST who was serving a life sentence in a jail for murder. Further enquiries revealed that there was one Mr. WEST in prison having the same facial resemblance and also body measurements. In this case, there was a coincidence of the similarity of names and body measurements according to Bertillion system and similar photo features. It was the Finger prints Only that proved that that WEST in prison and suspect WEST were different individuals. The
Importance of fingerprints came to light from this notable case of WESTS who were Twin Brothers.