Picture No | 10218241 |
Date | 1874 |
Description | The end of the Tichborne trial 1874 |
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The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge. 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.
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Source | Illustrated London News, 7 March 1874 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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