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"These and the celebrated English case of Prince Albert vs. Strange (2 Ue G. & M. 652; s. c. on appeal, 1 McN. & G. 25) are a clear recognition (as shown by the article in the ' Har vard Law Review,' supra) of the principle that

the right to which protection is given is the right of privacy. "Upon the facts presented on the motion, and the law applicable thereto, the motion to continue injunction until the trial should be granted."

THE IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMINALS BY MEASUREMENT. MUCH has been said recently about an thropometry; but few people under stand exactly either the system itself or its object. Let us explain the latter first. When the police lay their hands on a criminal or a suspect, it is obviously important to know his previous record, and whether or not he has been convicted before. Previous offend ers make this as difficult as possible by giving false names and denying everything. Sometimes, no doubt, they are recognized; but this can only happen in comparatively few cases, and is never a really trustworthy means of identification; for personal appear ances change and the memory is treacherous. Many people have been hanged and impris oned through mistakes in recognition. Photo graphs, again, are open to the same objection; and further, they accumulate in such enormous numbers that it is impossible to look through them. At the Prefecture de Police in Paris one hundred thousand have been collected in ten years. Now, supposing a man is arrested for theft and gives a false name, he may be an old offender, and his photograph, together with particulars of former offences, may lie there under another name in the pigeon holes among all the rest. To look through them would take a staff of men eight days, and then it might be missed. But by M. Bertillon's system of measurement you can lay your hand on that particular photograph with absolute certainty in five minutes. Or, supposing that the man has not been up be fore, and that there is no photograph or record of him in the archives, you can estab lish this fact with equal certainty in the same

short time. How it is done may be best ex plained by describing a recent visit to the Prefecture de Police. The Measuring Room. — Escorted by an eminent French detective, we were shown up into the room where the measurements of prisoners are taken and the fiches are kept. The fiche is a card about eight inches by six inches, and on which are the prisoner's name, his measurements, any distinguishing marks about him, the particulars of his offences, etc.; and also his photograph in two posi tions, — full and side face. The chief object of the side face is to get the shape of the ear, which of all features is the one most truth fully given by photography. These cards are disposed in small drawers, which stand on shelves like those of a library, and are ar ranged in sections according to the measure ments. Thus, one main section contains the cards of all individuals with a certain length of head. It is subdivided according to the breadth of head; the subdivisions are fur ther subdivided according to the length of the middle finger; and so on. The meas urements are written outside each drawer, so that they can be read at a glance. This will be further explained later on. The Theory of the System. — Presently M. Bertillon, who had been informed of our visit, and had kindly offered to expound his sys tem in person, entered the room. He is still a young man, and the very type of an accom plished savant, speaking both English and German. The identification of criminals is carried out here under his direction by an able staff of assistants. The theory of the