The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23 00:00:00

THE TICHBORNE CASE.

The hearing of the ease owl again returned on Monday, and
following det) S. One space prolUduS US from giving our
remiers more than the following)

The Attorney.tieneral lumouticell that he should postpone
the crussrevonitialion /if inedieal witnesses until his own
medical men had seen 1101 plaintiff.
papers relating to the ease were
A number of lotion end
now put in, and among them the will of Roger Charles
Tieliborue, which was taken as read.

The t leek a the Comt teed sonm letters from Mr.
%laughter, the attorney of Sr Edam .1 Doughty. to Mr. llop-
lam in the first letter dated the Ist of December, DiA4,
Mr slaughter referred to the loss of the Belle, aid said
there fOlll.l 110 W he no doubt that the vessel had foundered,
as the underwriters had given up all hope, and had paid
be insurance. The faet that no money bad been drawn
;him ime, negatived all hope of ltoger Tichborue's still
urviving.

The second letter was dated the 19th o April, 15 ; but it
Woot touch upon any Important whit.
Letter read from Mr. E. slaughter to Mr. Hollins, dated
June 9, 19.-.5. hearing reference to kgal documents and the
will of It C. Tiellhonie.

The next paper read Was marked " Particulars as to ser-
vice In the Cathineera," and traced the drellinlitalleeS in con.
neetiou with the military career of It. C. Tichliorne, con-
taining also " Extract+, from the Regimental lteoks," from
the time if his joining the regiment till the date of his per-
mission to retire and the sale of his commission,

The next papvr waa a copy ,4 the proof of a bill of "no:h-
t.-lie e. 4sfnl, Ii which Mtwara. V Meent Goldoni and K.
slaughter pra)ed that they might he permitted to retire from
the ,alice Ilf truatera ler the trill of Roger l'harlea Tich-
borne, and to be at liberty to appoint two other truateea
The Attorney :mural : It ia the evidence in that ease
which will be material.

The I..ird Chief Justice (taking the paper) After the peti-
Mai then comes the lota and several answers of V. Gos-
furd and E. Slaughter, and then a quantity of evidence.
The Attuniey-GeneraL —Much of that will be very material.
The ford Chief Justice (previous to the reading of the
affidavits) explained to the jury that, after the supposed
,Icath of Roger Tichhorne in the Rena, the trustees wished
that new trust es should be appointed. That rtill hi only be
done by the Court of Chancery, and In the course of the
suit evidence WWI given bearing on the supposed death of
Roger Tichborne.

sir George Uoneyman proceeded to read affidavits invol-
ving au aceantnt of circumstances in connection with the
ship rwlla, I' at at Sea, a few days after her departure front
Rio..lohn Julius Westwood, British Consul at Rio, made
affidavit, dated April 2ollt, Issl, referring to the fact that, a
few days after the Baia sailed, a quantity of wreck was
found in the open sea. and it was bellevml that the
crew and passengers were hot. In this document
Was .111,01kil tine evidence of .1111‘19 &trent, a foreign
servant of Roger Tiehborne, who had accompanied
him during a portion of his jmuneyings In South America,
Under the date of April 4, reference was made by Berea to
their movements. harent went with his master to Monte
Video, and ...mania,' the voyage, and stated that he would
go no further than Rio, though his master wished hint to
continue tii . journey to New York. Reference was made to
the steps w Melt were taken to secure a passage on board the
vesarl, and tor obtaining a passport. Rama carried the
trunks to be taken on board the Bello, and bade his master
farewell, with the hope that he might have a happy voyage.
on May 4 harent learned the intelligence that a vessel bear-
ing the unfit-of the Bella, of Liverpool, had been lost, and
tied several articles belonging, as was supposed, to the
wrecked ship had been seen floating, and his own apprehen-
sion was that it was the veasel rilnielt carried his unfortunate
master, and in w bleb he himself imight have embarked. Ile
stated that he had not quitted Boger Tichborne since Nov.
2,5 up to his emburkation on the 1:,11n.
A letter from Mr Wtockmeyer, of Rio, slmwed that on the
lath of April, a centlenian, representing himself to be
Mr. Roger Charles Tichborne went to hint with letters of
credit, and be believed that that gentleman afterwards sailed
fir New York in the 6, (Is, which from information he had
since obtained, he believed hall been had with all on board,
that being the common repute tilltl belief in Rio, and ot
the crew having since been heard of. The gentleman wino
represented himself to be Mr. Tichborne appeared lame, aid
walked with a stle%.

The affidavit of sir James Doughty Tielffiorne, sworn on the
4th of March, 1,67, was then read. In that affidavit Sir
James stated that he knew of his own knowledge that his
son, Roger Charles Tiehliorne, left the country M March,
for South America, and he believed that he had since
die. 4. He believed and 1, as certain, that the said Roger
charles Tichborne to,k passage in a ship called the Belk, in
15.54, from Itio for New York, and that shortly after
the vessel loft Rio she was lost. and he believed that all on
board, including his sun, Loge:. Charles Tiehiairne, perished.
From the affidavit of Mr. Hopkins. solicitor, is letter from
Mr. Hopkins to the owners of the Belk Av. read. It was
dated Dec. 21, 1c54, and asked for any information that
could he given relative to the fate of ti.e Bak, and whether
the widows Id the captain and crew had given up all expec-
tation of seeing tht ir husbands again. The letter enclosed
another from Rio, dated the Sth of Augnst, which stated that
no light could be thrown upon the fate of the B. Mt, except
that the Jolly-boat of the vessel hail been found adrift at sea
with a cask of water awl a bag of biscuits in it, and that
there were several things f floating about the place where
the boat was picked up, such as furniture, mattresses, .to.
lit reply to that letter there was one from the owners of
the Bella, dated lice. 2,, 15."4, stating that no further details
if the loss of the Beila had reached them. There could be
little doubt that lilt en u.ard had beell dllll‘lltll, and the
underwriters had already paid for the total loss of the ship.

Another letter dated -ill-. 12th February, 1555. (rem Mr.
West, ood, consul at Rio, to Mr. Hopkins, continued the
fa2t that Nit:. Roger (barks Tiehborne had taken passage its
the Della. width was supposed to have been totally lost.
A further letter from Mr. Westwood to Mr. Hopkins, slated
the Intb March, 1,52, sinn,svnnl that since he last wrote he
(Mr. West wood) had been in comnuinhation with Mr. Roger
Charles Tichborne's servant and had obtained Information
about Mr. lichborne's movements, which, he was grieved to
say, left no room longer for doubting that Mr. Tiehborne was
a passenger in the ill-fated vessel.
Mr. serjeant Ballantine said that it was very desirable that
the jury should inspeet the plaintiff's thumb. lie :aided,
In the course of a discussion that took place, that
he should have no objection to the jury seeing the marks
inp•n the plaintiff, nor to his being entirely stripped before
them should they desire it. He should ohject, however, at
present to the defendant's mediend man seeing bun, than the
marks which would be spoken of by the me Real witnesses
for the plidutilf.
Dr. William Sutherland tail :I have practised at Croydon
for thirty years, and I have attended the plaintiff. In
May last I vsananune,l the plaintiff with Sir William Fergus-
son and Mr. Canton. 1 examined the cicatrix cm the head,
and my evidence aecords with Ida On that o“..gion we
examined only the right ankle. There were two small
cicatrices there, a little below, hut close to the ankle.
The marks were indistinet. I have since then to-ice
examined his left foot. Under the ankle there Wit 3 a
very distinct mark of art incision. It cut across
to some small superficial veins. I examined his arms.
These esaminations were on the tilts and 2-th Nlay, and inns
the 27th November last. There were two such marks on the
large nmscle of the arm near the shoulder as might have
been yr. niuuec,i by a seton. The mark of vaccination was
particularly lar2:e, as if several punctures had been made in
,• ry dew vicinity, anal when they rose they ran together. I
think that this was upon the left arm, hut I am not sure.
Tie mark was almost larger than any I had seen upon an
ilaalish patient. I did not know the practice of French
sa,cination„

tea tilt car of men increase in size wit's size f—Net the
tart ih,onoits part of the ear, Init the Fare might somewhat
increase. If ap, c•.,•1 in.-mate in size larely, probably tire
I ,'rent the ear w 0,.. imrcase somewhat. The mark of the
'on, .15 upon ti. ' f! „rm.
I.lr 1 I live in llontagn-plare, Russell-
.r.reon at t 'haring-en,. Hospital. I
• : • . .•a the 21,111 February last for the first
• , . - • :.• 11th Nlay last. lln the second ores-
- . . I • --,n rite there. I examined him also
• ;I , I irge upraked si,r on the track part
• I. ..•• ~1 im'it and a half in length. It Joust
ep tilt to have given rke to such a form of
I Jr:lir does not grow upon the sear.

. _
ou able to form any judgment as to its age?—! am
It may have hecu there tight or It ti yea? N.
:thin what minimum pet eoubl it have been produced?
- r ..ut twelve months. .

• .1 what maximum period 1-1 think slob a scar would
inan's tile. I examined the plaintiff's ankles on the
, ',nary. There was a scar about an inch below, and
. • • intl the left made. The scar could not have been
liii six months, and it might have been there many
• I re %Vasa corresponding mart immi the other leg.
. • -,. • , nearly to well defined. There were also in the
• . ...I three or four sni.dl whitish marks which
'...• the scars of small scratches. inn the right eye-
: was a small white spot at the lower and outer
• . •. right upper eyelid.
•. formed any judgment as to how that was caused ?
• it tube a puncture, because it is a spot and not a
1. ,•ot say whether this was of 1.1.1 or modem date.
• •,?. din:: eyebrow there was a very distinct
• • - • r• ter side of the centre of the eyebrow.
. • : . !.!,- to Inc the mark of an incision, but I
• . t 1.•1 • • •,. !.. 113 to the perbd of iteduraition. my
•t•n I Ilac3ll a cllt na distinguished from a stith.
~t there been any injury to the nose ?—Ves. There is a
.7 .•, irregular depressed cicatrix at the r00t,,! the nose.--
t A part near the eyes. I should think there had been a
Te bruising ar..l laceration of the parts. l'hc injiiry has
• lin .hange In the shape of the nose. inn, the upper
• part of the arm there are three marks, as
• , tin the right aria the Vancinnmli. ii mark was
of a series of cicatrices extending over an
.•.•ut the size of a lions. This is not the kind .d
• ,ily produced by vaccination in England. I never
- I ze a mark made up ot minnter ones produced by
mation. There is a mark of iliac olouration in the left
'• on the ribs, and extending towards the middle of the
It is a congenital mark. It Is very distinct in contrast
!!,,• surrounding whiteness of skin. both his ears
• lonlliartty of being unusually large and the lobe
pendent from the point of junction of the car
. the Able of the face. The rest of the cur was well

Does any portbm of th, ear change with steel—The skin
C'Nering of the eartila,:elieromes noire firmly adherent, and
the lobe of the ear, in those who get lean in old age, becomes
les,
The Lord Chief Justice What In you mean by Obs
Witness : A person begins to get aged at 50.