Mosley v. State, 194 N.E. 613 (Ct. App. Ohio 1934)

Prof. Goddard subjected the weapon and the missiles to a minute and exhaustive examination and testified that as a result of such examination he could say with certainty that the bullets were fired from the revolver which was submitted to him. His testimony shows that he is a man of much experience in that line, covering a period of many years, and his testimony demonstrates clearly that the bullets were fired from this revolver, which is identified beyond question.No objection was made to the admission of this evidence, and none could justly be made. One of the earlier cases relating to this class of evidence is that of Burchett v. State, 35 Ohio App., 463, 467, 172 N. E., 555, a case in which the court, speaking through Mauck, J., considers and affirms the competency and value of the evidence. During recent years new discoveries and methods of reading marks on cartridges, bullets, and the rifling on the inside of the barrels of revolvers, have been made, and the introduction of this kind of evidence has become quite common in cases of this character. The result of reading these marks seems [*557] [***5] to be as certain and valuable in determining the identity of a revolver as finger prints are in identifying a human being.