Crowds waiting for news outside the Tichborne Trial

The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The crowds gather in the surrounding streets for the verdict. Mr Orton was sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment, for claiming to be Mr Roger Tichborne. Mr Tichborne had disappeared at sea in 1854, twelve years later Orton appeared in Australia claiming to be the late Tichborne

1854 Appeared Claiming Conviction Disappeared Fourteen Gather Imprisonment Orton Perjury Sentenced Surrounding Tichborne Verdict

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