b'First criminal conviction using fingerprint identification in AustraliaOn 23 December 1903 at around 8.15pm Alfred HemsleyOn 11 February 1904 Miller appeared before the Sydney was in his sitting room at his home in Potts Point whenCourt of Quarter Sessions. Faced with the compelling he heard a loud noise next door. Knowing his neighbourfingerprint evidence, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced was not home, he immediately contacted the police to tellto three years in prison. It was the first time fingerprint them of the disturbance and two police officers arrived atidentification was used as evidence to secure a criminal the scene. The officers entered the neighbours house andconviction in Australia.promptly returned with Frenchman John Miller (also known as Henry Hunter) and arrested him for being in an enclosed area for an unlawful purpose.The following morning Hemsley suspected something was amiss when he noticed fingerprints on his upstairs window. He was no doubt familiar with recent newspaper reports about the establishment of the countrys first fingerprinting bureau, and he recognised the potential value of the fingerprints in investigating what had happened. The police had sections of the window removed for examination. When Miller appeared in the Water Police Court on Phillip Street he was surprised to hear he was accused of an additional breaking and entering charge. Yes, confirmed Senior Constable Jonathan Wilson, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, there were some fingerprints found in the house, and Im going to endeavour to prove they are yours. Forensic experts were indeed able to confirm that the fingerprints found by Hemsley were identical to those taken from Miller. The police found Millers prints on the inside and outside of the window, proving he had been both inside and outside the house.Members of the original fingerprint bureauof the NSW Police Force, 1907.66'