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Where did the expression "Caught Red Handed come From" ?

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Pudcat | 19:43 Wed 11th Aug 2010 | History
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Did it have anything to do with criminal punisment?
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Got a feeling that it was something to do with a dye being put on banknotes that showed up under a certain type of light as red. hence the term red-handed.
19:46 Wed 11th Aug 2010
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http://www.phrases.or...aught-red-handed.html
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http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cau1.htm
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