may 1, 1635 - Ballistics: The first "ballistic" analysis: a bullet matched to a mold

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In an early English case, a suspect was linked to a murder when the bullet recovered from the victim's body was shown to fit perfectly into a bullet mold found in the suspect's possession. The torn edges of lead remaining in the mold matched the bullet precisely. This is considered one of the earliest recorded uses of physical evidence matching in firearm-related crime.

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