The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
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| - | The term "'''smoking gun'''" is a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive [[evidence (law)|evidence]] of a [[crime]] or similar act, just short of being caught ''[[in flagrante delicto]]''. | + | "'''The Adventure of the''' '''''Gloria Scott'''''", one of the 56 [[Sherlock Holmes]] short stories written by British author [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as ''[[The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes]]''. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes [[Canon of Sherlock Holmes|canon]]. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is [[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]. |
| - | Its name originally came from the idea of finding a smoking (i.e., very recently fired) gun on the person of a suspect wanted for shooting someone, which in that situation would be nearly unshakable proof of having committed the crime. | + | |
| - | The phrase originated in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story, "[[The Adventure of the Gloria Scott]]" (1893). | + | |
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| - | In addition to this, its meaning has evolved in uses completely unrelated to criminal activity: for example, scientific evidence that is highly suggestive in favor of a particular hypothesis is sometimes called smoking gun evidence. | + | |
| - | A piece of evidence that falls just short of being conclusive is sometimes referred to as a "smoldering gun." | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Chekhov's gun]] | + | |
| - | *[[Legal burden of proof]] | + | |
| - | *[[Watergate scandal]] | + | |
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"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is The Boscombe Valley Mystery.
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