Inspector Hopkins



Inspector Stanley Hopkins is a Scotland Yard detective and a student of Holmes's deductive methods, who attempts to apply them in his own investigations. Holmes, however, is very critical of Hopkins's ability to apply them well, Hopkins sometimes making such mistakes as arresting a man whose notebook was found at a crime scene despite it being physically impossible for the man in question to have killed the victim in the manner that he was discovered. Hopkins refers several cases to Holmes, all within the South-East areas of England and London, including:"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez", set in 1894 in Chatham, Kent, and"The Adventure of Black Peter", in Weald set in 1895, and"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", in 1897 in Chislehurst.