TY - JOUR PY - 1980// TI - A history of firearms identification to 1930 JO - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology A1 - Goddard, C. H. SP - 155 EP - 168 VL - 1 IS - 2 N2 - This is a history of the science of firearms examination which for the most part originated with the report by Dr. Albert Hall in 1900 about the basic problems of bullet identification. The literature of the early part of the century is reviewed and individual articles apropos to this subject are analyzed. The American experience is reviewed, including the activities of Dr. Goddard up to 1930. He discusses the investigation of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago.
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