Tichborne claimant trials

1871–1874 · Event

A butcher from Wagga Wagga claims to be Sir Roger Tichborne, lost at sea in 1854. Two marathon trials — the longest England had seen — grip the nation, divide it by class, and end with the claimant jailed for perjury.

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