# Vincent Spaulding — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Vincent Spaulding in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Spaulding

**First appearance:** 0004-the-redheaded-league

## Who they are

Jabez Wilson's assistant, who is actually the criminal John Clay.

## In the story

### [The Redheaded League](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-redheaded-league)

Wilson's assistant, who showed him the advertisement and is noted by Holmes for his intelligence and dirty trouser knees.

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