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by Sir Sydney Smith| 1989| 352 pages| 89.8663| other

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Smith_(forensic_expert)<br><br>Sir Sydney Alfred Smith CBE OPR FRSE LLD (4 August 1883 in Roxburgh, New Zealand – 8 May 1969 in Edinburgh, Scotland), was a renowned forensic scientist and pathologist.[1][2][3] From 1928 to 1953, Smith was Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, a well-known forensic department of that time.[4] Smith's popular 1959 autobiography, Mostly Murder, has run through many British and American editions, the latest in 1988.[5]<br><br>Smith's first important forensic case was the 1913 trial of Patrick Higgins for the murder of his two sons in Winchburgh, Scotland, known as the Hopetoun Quarry murders. Because of the build-up of adipocere in the bodies, a result of their being immersed in a cold flooded quarry, Littlejohn and Smith were able to provide important evidence in the trial, leading to the conviction and execution of Higgins.[2] The two scientists' famous work gained notoriety 94 years later, when a relative of the boys asked for the return of specimens taken from their remains from the University of Edinburgh, for a proper burial. Research revealed that after their work on the case, Littlejohn and Smith had removed parts of the bodies from police custody to use as scientific specimens, as described in Smith's autobiography,[5] according to Chris Paton in The Scotsman.[15] In January 2008, the University agreed to return the remains, if the claimant could establish her relationship and the other relatives all agreed.[16][17]<br><br>In 1935, Smith was one of the forensic experts involved in the identification of the bodies of the victims of Buck Ruxton, using a novel technique of forensic anthropology to superimpose a photograph over the X-ray of a victim's skull.<br><br>Also in 1935, while on holiday in Australia, he was called to give evidence in the infamous Shark Arm case.[12]<br><br>In 1937, Smith produced a profile of the Falkirk cat burglar, using a pair of shoes, predating the<br>…

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Author:Sir Sydney Smith
Publication Year:1989
ISBN:880293063
Pages:352
Language:other
File Size:89.8663
Format:PDF
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