Find out about modern methods of crime investigation, and how a routine scientific test can often establish guilt more decisively than half a dozen eye-witnesses. (1968)
In Britain the crime of murder, the most serious of crimes, leads to the most serious punishment. The investigation of murder and the presentation of evidence always demands the utmost care in proving a man's guilt ' beyond all reasonable doubt' for his liberty will depend on it.
The certainty and ingenuity of science is helping more and more to establish the outcome of a case. The scientifically trained detective at the scene of the crime, the pathologist in the mortuary, and the biochemist in the laboratory can each supply the piece of the jigsaw that solves the crime, and often a routine scientific test can establish guilt more decisively than half a dozen eye-witnesses. (1968)
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大象传媒 Four Murder By Gaslight Collection
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Christopher Chataway |
Editor | R.W. Reid |
Producer | Christopher La Fontaine |
Producer | Karl Sabbagh |
Broadcast
- Tue 9 Apr 1968 20:00
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