Report 750809
further
to his parents having previously seen a photocopy and
material from the Metropolitan Police in London
realised from the statements, Inspector
been employed for a period of months.
where, I had
Maclennan had
Excluding the questioned documents, I examined all the handwriting and signatures in Inspector Maclennan's name
and by detailed comparison of the personal handwriting habits, tendencies and formations, and having found the consistency of common authorship in each item, I am of the
opinion that all this handwriting was produced by one person; the said Detective Inspector John Richard Maclennan.
Detailed Examination
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Alleged Suicide Note
then examined the handwriting on the alleged suicide
notes of the relevant handwriting
note and made
characteristics.
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Tracing
considered the possibility of a person using known handwriting of Inspector Maclennan and by tracing, producing the writing on the alleged suicide note. is normally by means of carbon or pencil; pressure by indentation, overwriting by transmitted light through an original to the document in question, or using a pantograph to physically copy.
Each of these methods will fail in different ways if an attempt is made to produce another person's handwriting. In tracing by carbon or pencil, there would be traces of