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Section of pigskin, now turned brown, with labelled squares drawn onto it, each fired at from a different range and with different powder by Churchill.

Gunsmith Robert Churchill fired guns found in a Battersea garage at this section of pigskin (the closest animal skin in thickness to human skin) to find out which had been used to murder PC George Gutteridge in Essex in the early hours of 27 Sep 1927. #NationalPigDay #Forensics125 #CM150 #ballistics

Section of Davies' pension register entry reading "John Davies late a Constable was discharged from this Division on account of Ill health on the 2nd day of June 1857, to which day inclusive he will receive his Pay, and he is entitled to a Pension of £36,,0,,0 per Annum, commencing on the 3rd day of June 1857 payable by the Receiver." The Receiver was the Met's chief finance officer at the time, whilst £36 would have £2,871.27 of purchasing power today.

John Davies (1806-1861) joined the Met aged 26, spending his whole service as a PC on L (Lambeth) Division. He retired due to ill health on 2 June 1857 and moved to Rhosymedre, less than two miles from his birthplace in Ruabon, Denbighshire. #DyddGŵylDewiHapus #CymruAmByth #StDavidsDay #StDavid'sDay

Exciting! Hempel's "Controlling Women" is one of the newest additions to the reference library in our reading room at Sidcup (open on Wednesdays - bookings via email) ! #FridayFeeling #FriYay

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2/2 File & photo of Ronnie Biggs. He was convicted for his role but escaped prison & avoided justice for 36 years. Biggs enjoyed much publicity but his failure to move the train (with a former train driver) led to driver Jack Mills being violently forced to do it. He never recovered from the attack

1/2 Why is there crockery in Scotland Yard’s Crime Museum? These items were found at Leatherslade Farm, a hideout for the gang behind The Great Train Robbery. Despite attempts to clean fingerprints, prints were found which were used to tie the perpetrators to the crime. #truecrime #history

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Criminal records | 150 years of the Crime Museum - Museums Association This sensitively curated exhibition at London's Metropolitan Police Museum shines a light on the work of those who expose murderers and fraudsters

Review | Criminal records: 150 years of the Crime Museum 🚓

This sensitively curated exhibition at London's Metropolitan Police Museum shines a light on the work of those who expose murderers and fraudsters

Belated many thanks! Turns out there are 49 depictions of him (and one memorial) on @artukdotorg.bsky.social, plus at least three (a bust and two engravings) in our collections. #RabbitHole

Man with dark eyebrows and a large bushy moustache sits behind a portable writing desk in a courtroom or a public gallery, with an inscription below reading "Sir Edw. Henry watches fo[r] the police". It probably shows him at the trial of Alfred or Albert Bowes, who had attempted to assassinate him outside his Holland Park home in 1912 - Henry argued for clemency for him and on Bowes' release from prison helped pay for him to start a new life in Canada.

#OnThisDay 95 years ago Sir Edward Henry died at home in Ascot, where he was also buried. He was appointed head of Met CID in 1901 and set up its Fingerprint Department on 1st July the same year, later serving as Commissioner (1903-1918). #OTD #OnThisDayInHistory #courtroomsketches #RIP #CM150