The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-23 00:00:00

THE TIOHBOBITZ TALL.

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The trial was resumed on Tuesday, with military
evidence, and several men who had been in Ito era
regiment very positivaly Idea:Hied the illifeedeut. 'rho
orosseezmanamon was al:rated to °bat variance. in
Ude rmolleotion sod deearvion of him • one des-
cribing hum as " broed *hosted and beoal-shOuldered,*
sad another as "sit/be—on, that his voice le differeet,
amither the sere. It was also sodeavenred to elicit
that when the witnesses west to see the detendaat
they knew they were going to see "liir Roger," and
had heard that he was grown much stoutest iind warn a
good deal *hanged. Them witneeme aleo spoke to 000-
venation' with hire, in which he appeared to know the
names of the °gloms of the regiment, and loci/dents
which oomured in It whoa Hotter was there, hot in
erossexamination it appeared that they did not know
that ll'Cimiu, who had been Roger's servant, and know
of all these matters, had b.ien living with the defendant.
Oa Wednesday several more old soldiers of Roggen
regiment were called to testify their belief io the
identity ef the defendant. Oat of the earliest of this
dame of witnesses was subpetaclio a very earsfol mom
examination with I view to Gem the origin of this head
et Mimeos, sad to canneot it with the agency elf
Carter and M'Clann (now dead), two of Hoger's military
riervanta, who sere for soce• tune with the dolshdloah
moonshot he came to this country. It was elicited that
early in 1867 Career went down to bandhurst, wheat
several of the old midwife were living, and told Glass
that their old officer had 'stormed, though he had
altered very much in appearamoe. He talked to them •
day or two about the incidents of him ministry lite, and
thee took them to mos the defendant and hie enormity,
and idler time they were taken down to Alresford,
. whore the netts witnesses were, The first of the
soldiers celled had, he said, Wore seeing him, *sea
Carter, who told hint, as he bed told others, that dr.
Tioliborne had returned and had grown stouter. And
this witness said be had sow Hoar in his room lath
hie shirt o, washing, aid that "he did not believe'
there wets any tattoo masks spa him. Being erase-
examined se to how he same to be in Yr. TiehboraVe
room (not being his servant) while he woe whohlai.he
'pee Menet answers.
Os Tbareday the ettentioo of the Judges was sailed
to the baguet* need by tam Mendes* at a while
meeting, at which beheld up to reprobation tpo of the
witness*, for the prosecution, and the Lord Chief
Justice, in very emphatic terms, &eland that the
Court felt that the time had now arrivei when It wea
necessary to puts atop to • great public soandrel ; and
as the defendant, strictly spesking, had no right to be
at large during the trial, they should withdraw that
Indulgence and at ono, oommit him to custody if ba
attended any_ public miming .ir assembly of any kind
whatever. Hie monad Kenealy) attempted to in-
terpose • counter-complaint against " the two Govern-
ment papers" (as he called t.etei. The Timms and the
Deily News, for daily abuse of the wit:asses for the
defenem.

The military evidence for the defence still continued,
and several more of the old soldiers of the regiment
were celled to testify their betel in the Identity of the
defendant. Oa the other beau, thy wore WOOF
examined as to the grounds at then beief, and it Iren
sought to make out thet, en to their personal recogni-
tion of the defendant, they bed been kflueneed an.
consediesly by having previously been toll be was Bie
Roger; that, so far as their minds bed been 'Baited by
impressions of he recollection of pest Inadents
Roger's hie, these imprecisions were fallacious, because
these supposed recollection' were derived front infor-
mation ree teed, and that in roto. Inethaese they could
cot be rireollections, as the Incident occurred after
Roger bad left the regiment.
On Friday several more 1 the oil kildlers of the
regiment sok., to the iodentity of the defendant.
Their crape xaminatioo we" directed, as before, to slam
that the witnewiee, however honest and respectable,
had been Incioneolouely blared and iefiaenced before-
bend by repreeeutetious that they were to meet Roger
Tichborne. and that he wee a good coal altered, and
that their recollections had been sionfueed by the repre-
sentations they had reesived.

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Land= °Moe on Tmeday last—Mr. Knowles in the
elialr—for th• parpom of confirming lb. rasolatiaa
at the extraordinary mooting of the share.
rialral hold at th• C.ty Tern:data Hotel, Cannot-
on tins 29th of Augoot lost, authorising the
creation of add,noo .1 capita to the 'stool of £100.003,
by the issue of 10,000 new there. of lh.! nominal
amount of £lO aseb, Liu. saws to boar • prefermee
dividend at the rote of 7 per coot. par rnianin. TO.
Chairmon stat..d that the may Muth«, of oho meettuir
was the oanfirmation of tam neolatio., proriously
unanimously pored for the raising of Om £lOOOOO
proforma eapitth in reply to gliaitions he mid Ulm
toe rosointiona wont drawn up in perfeet/y local form
by thoir solicitors, who had takes to. *Owe of
ooniasel upon them, so that there Wood be no fear of
any eifilealtios arising to Me future. The divklmad on
the preform°. shwa • would be paid luiltyfiarly. Tim
forma el appliestion would be mot out that weaning,
and he romisomeeded the amority is • vary daeltablo
leallua favailisal. Tb• rasolaties was Vita oar