The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-03
'i'he Tiessbor.le Case.

nncrotal from London:
The Tfchbornc case Ia again loon,;,o ~,
Inc Government has undertaken ia Oh ~,
tlnt he Is guilty Of forgery In sir,,ine, ths
name OF Iichborne to bonds, and az nari,,ry
| IN swearing that he Is Tichborne, and flat Ia
Is not Arthur Orion. This last point az .i,a
eg'se'-namely, the determination to idantir.
Tue claimant with Orton-is that which rn,,scs
all the former interest in this case. Thoro
was such feeling of disappointment that
tne case should have ended without the
mans personality having been cleared nn
| t,fit grave propositions were made that tho
| .n: . II. should be set free, and his costs
paul; ri, IL ne would only tell us who he really
-. though the presumption is that the
Attorhey-Genelal, in undertaking to rest his
charge of perjury not only on the eyi,1sr -,
that the claimant ia not Tichborne. bnt On
the claim that he Is Orion, has evidence
with which the public Is not acquainted
the fact that 1t has been thought
necessary to employ six Of the ablest
lawyers in England at Government ex.
pcnse to prosecute 4 man too poor to de-
lcnd himself adequately, has suggested that
the Government evidence cannot be SO Ger
tain after I'll. This employment of so many
barrSterS Ivy the Government has produced
very bad impression OH the public mind
The Acknowledgement. when questioned OH
he subject in Parliament, said that it was
necessary. because the sitting and arrange
mcnt of the enormous amount Of documents
in the case required the labor of six men.
But his answer ms not satisfied everybody.
Yesterday two petitions OF the subject We're
presented 10 the House Of Commons. One
was trom EIGHT hundred and nlncty-0ne per-
SONS residing III Iirii'orie and other places
in IIampsiiirc. urging that the Govern
mcnt should ill firncsS pay for the
prisoners defence il it paid for his
prosecutions; tho other was from Poole
uorncrly Doughty property, saying
tlat large Number Of people there
recognized the claimant III Roger Iic-
borne, aid PRAYING that no injustice might
he done ~ bringing crushing legal
force lacked by the Government upon man
who was without the means for meeting that
force. III" trial is to come of iii June. -Four
trl,stceS-L1Id Rivers, G. Onslow, NJ. F.,
DR.. Atwood. and ". Warren Strceten, Esq.,
arc receiving subscriptions for the claimants
Defence ;nl the amount has reached GIl6
Is. led. The fact that this sum has been
subscribed in very small sumS-chictly in
shillinGS-contii'ni the opinion | have re-
pc;itcdIy expressed that the lower classes
hive feeling flat this is somehow the case
of one of tlemsclycs--a butcher rs. the ai'is-
tocracy-bciug unconscious that this feeling
implies That the claimant is not high-born--
rs he rre:elids 10 h5---i;;.t really one OF the
class strt ~ ardcntly cspoliscs his side.
Some Of the subscriptions arr accompanied
By amusing phrases, which Indicate how
deep u hold this romance has taken on
the people. The largest single donor is
j. Clement, who gives cal; but over
two hundred "SympathiZcrs at ArlsfOrd,
one of the places in Hampshire, near
the 1'irhhorncS. have collected as much
as 81 lis. 3D.. : "Nc',tr:;l JUSTICE G5 ar.
VI. D., who believes the tattooing to be got
up Porisli plot e.; "Colcctcd by Mr..
IIagg from poor people in the market,
Leeds 81 is. Sd; "The scamcn and ma
rincS Of her Majesty ship Trafalgar" e. 1s.;
"a few of various opinions, but all DESTROYS
Of the truth" g; "Eiyhty-two lovers Of
Justice in tie tool-room, Royal Small-Arns
Factory" 60 5s. ID; From few income
taxpayers, Who protest against the prostltll-
ton of The public funds rs filling the peck
cts Of six c.iilScl t" prosecute III this case"
81 l"s.; Several disgustcd With Judge,
Jury, and AttGTn:y-trcncTal;" "Two lie
levers in ci@lty-,iX witnesses against. slN-
tccn:" 1.-The Sealed Letter." "Anti-
tattoo iEumbug;" purge the Bench
of Judges" "No faith in his Lord
ships tat:ooing;" "Anli-noodle Tyranny"
O. peep through the harn-toOr;" "a
believer III eighty FIVE witnesses ayaiustatcW
JeSuit>; "a Few Young Ladies at SCHOOL,"
"THttoo MAI IL come too late to lie trric;"
"Wol,d you be sarpriscd to lear;' "One
who desires tie claimants food to be ana
iyzcd; "Kirk him wien he's down."
"Onc who knows hc is Sir X. TichbOrne;'
"Catcl!ing minnowS with the left hand;"
"Thrcc Who fear the -ttiorncy-G General has
Tattoo on the Brain
have subscribed. Many, OF course, appear
in their proper names ; the " Fairpays" are
numerous and the expressions Of many
show that neither the Judge nor the Attor-
ney-tirncrai ha}c gained Il very high place
in tie affections Of the subscribers, The
strong language which the Aiiorlry-Gcncral
used toward The claimant seems, indeed, to
have liz! onisilcd The nrlssrs throughout the
country which simply shows that they llye
not Hitherto paid mich attention to trials in
courts. ".Iuuilis" wrote, ~ will not call
your Lordshipa liar, but | will prove you
one - but the practice OF the lawyers is to
ut least call their opponents bad names,
whether they De justified or not. But GER
tainly tiic Attorney Generals language was
not too strong upon nan who was trying
10 rob a child Of his property, and who has
cost that child EGO. G00-a tenth of his
estate. NJ. ID. {.
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