The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-12-05

The Tiehborne sase-rhc Position OF
the Defence.

Alresford, Hampshire. England. are the
lichhorne estates. the claim To which has
led to the remarkable trial now progress
ing in the Queens Bench. the longest trial
ever held in Great Britain with the cNccp-
ton of the Impeachment ease of Warren
Hastings. Sir Edward Doughty was the
holder of these estates in 1870. His
nephew. Roger Charles Doughty Itch
borne. ailer passing his early years in Paris,
had been sent TO the Catholic school ut
Stonyhnrst. In England. In the autumn
OF 1919 the young man obtained a commits
sion a cOrnet in the sixth Dragon Guards.
or the Carabineers. then stationed al Port
obello barracks. Dublin. lie served with
his regiment in Ireland and aiterward in
Canterbury, in 1852. In January of that
year. while on visit TO the Iichborne
House. Roger ayowed his affection To his
cousin Miss Doughty-now Lady RAD
clitie-with whom ne had been in love for
a long time. She returned his love. but
her father was inileNible. and Roger was
politely turned out of the house. Later
in the year the cousins met for the last
time, and in 1888 Roger Tichborne sailed
/ for South America.
Ii is admitted that he was at Santiago.
Chill. i'm 1853 when Hclsby, the photo
grapher, took the two celebrated dagucr-
I
the present trial. that he was at Rio in
] the spring of 1881. and sailed from that
port i'm the vessel Bella. which is known
To have been wrcckedat sea. The theory
of the prosecution is that the real Roger
'richborne persisted in the wreck of the
Bella. while il is alleged by the defence
that with five OF his companions he was
picked up i'm an open boat of the Brazilian
coast by the Osprey and carried 10 Mel
bourne.
Soon after landing there. the claimant
asserts. he went into the interior 10 Gippes-
land. and passed by the name of Thomas
Castro. In Australia he led a wandering
life as bushranger. herdsman and "A butch
er. and married "A woman of low station.
When the dOwager Lady Iichborne adj
vertiSed in the Australian papers in 1850
for tiding- of her lost son. there Were at
that time in the ncighborhOod Of Sydner
two men who had formerly served in the
Tichbornc family. and who were well ac- /
quaintcd with Tichbornc House. One /
Of these. Andrew Boyle. an old mulatto |
valet. who i'm England had known Sir /
Roger from bOyhOOd, was convinced |
by the claimant OF his identity, and accom- /
panied him 10 England in September. 4
1866. The claimant went at once on his /
arrival 10 see Lady Tichbornc in Paris
SIT iAliIN ItANEIilil iliii q i'i sui tAl-fi.
In her sworn declaration She said II am
as certain as am OF my own existence.
and distinctly and positively swear that the
plaintiff j. my first-bOrn son. the issue Of
my marriage with Sir james Francis
Doughty TichhOrne. His features, dispo-
sitiOn and voice are unInisiakable. and
must. i'm my Judgment. be- recognized by
impartial and unparalleled persons who
knew him before he left England i'm the
year 1853" In the present trial many
witnesses have given evidence n to tile
sound state of Lady Tichbornc's mind
and her mental capacity, and the
prosecution has not questioned it.
The eiectment suit brought by the
claimant in the Court Of Common Pleas in
1871. will be remembered. He was non
suited and committed to jail on a charge
)fpcriury. where he remained for over fifty !
laws. In that trial Chief Justice Bovill
vas thought to have been unjust toward {
he plaintiff {
The trial ot the claimant under the in 4
lictmcnt of perjury WAS commenced on /
April % last. Mr.. Hawkins opening :
peech for the prosecution took up five .
lays. The next twelve Were devoted To I
cading the claimants examination and \
iiidayitS on which the indictment i based. ,
Ihc prosecution called two hundred and !
wclve witnesses, whose examination con I
umed forty days. Dr. kenealy began his /
amous speech for the defence on July -. /
md did not conclude until he had spoken .
or twenty-one days. Sir John Colcridge's |
ddress i'm the previous trial had occu- h
lied twenty-six days in its delivery. A
Ia his argument DR.. Kenealy displayed
-rcat command of language and rare in a
cllcctual force. Tie claimant had sworn r
hat Roger Tichborne had scduced his II
ouSn. Miss Doughty, i'm 1872. For this q
tatemcnt and for many contradictory 6
lips and blundcrs i'm his evidence he was
Indicted. Dr. kcncaly endeavOred to q
how that his client was in early life Mt ;
erly dcpraved. so much so that the seduc- b
ion of his own cousin was not improha- '
le His mind. DIR. kcneay said. was pol G
uted by the course of reading pursued at a
tonyhurst. His moral sense had been g
apped by dissipation Moreover he was g
iterate and vulgar There Is but little q
oubt that Roger Tchborne was a very o
ard drinker and an invctcrate smoker Il
70 these habits. aided by exposure at sea a
nd by an Australian accident in Y
fhich his head was injured. DR.. =
.enealy attributed the trcachcry of "
i memory and its vacillation about q
ome points. All the first part Of the n
armed counse'~ address was devoted To fl
element dcnuncation of his clients "
haractcr, although he considered il the g
rsult OF early training and an unfortunate al
f.. In his peroation 10 the jury DIR. b
.enealy called attention TO the recogni- l.
on of the claimant by the dowagcr Lady :,
ichborne i'm these words: Al
"The instinct which demonstrated 10 ID
at poor lady that this was her son is = :,
ne and divinely edlnstinct. which OF
nj \ .rtrl.t IN rpet-f hIlf In all al
lire and venclate. | call upon you in the 4
anne of that instinct To reverence and To W
,llow it. Follow il where II points and h
our verdict will declare what the whole c;
,untry will be ready TO conirm-that the hi
afnndant l. Roger 'iichbornr.' Il