, 1873-08-11
THE TlCHBORNE CASE.


THE TlCHBORME CASE.
a Member &sf Parliament Hunting
for TcHtimony iii Antcrictl-.<sld
ClnrEcs 1kopclatcd to IL Now Audi
cllcc.
from the fa,p rork Tribune, Ang. q.
Mr. Wha!loy. for Twenty-Five years paAt men,-
ber of tho british Parliament from, potorloro.
arriyod III s1is city OH "Wednesday. from Eng
land, in order to obtain Testimony favorable 10
tho Tichborno title and estates, in whoso causo
ho has from tho outset takon q docp iutorcst.
He told Il Tribune reporter. Inst night, TINT mnu
appeared in England about throo weeks ago, who
Osprey, which, picked up the hoat from the
wreck Of the Bolta, containing tho claimant, or
Sir Roger, III N1r. Whasloy invariably torma him.
AZ tho man gavc evidence Of speaking tho truth,
givon Oh tho trial, ho thought it advisable to
como over and 800 ii ho could find corroboratiyo
proof. Ho l!ad prosecuted liH inquiries to some
| oxtont alrcady, with very fair succosa.
Ct considerable length and with perfect freedom.
It prosonth romance, ho said, Of especial i'll
If tho first decision and the prosont trial
aro, in accordance with law md Justice, it
| miscarriage known in history. If tho claimant
il IN impostor, it 10 wonderful Tint for sovon
years ho should set the, hoirs Of the estate at
aonanco, Aao tnan tua! Inc doveEnmeht enoulu
hnve taken up tho cudgols in defense Of a suit
brought to recover priyato property. But, he
continued, tho English public do not beltove
TINT DO p an impostor, md they demand that
lie shall havo tho sanlo reasss Of proof that
! aro giyon to othors, at is duo to Influences
brought to boar upon Parliament mud tho Govern
| mont that lo docs not have them. England ia
moro crowded with JosuitH than any other part
| pr. Manniug'H trimming than over before. bIr.
Gladstone protects them, though whether ho Is
one himself is loft In doubt, siuco ho declined to
answer the question. when publicly presented
| it to him. Tho Tichborno trial was expert.
lneut Oh the part Of tue Josnts to learn whether
England might be not only thor homo but their
| ctado1. DR.. Manning, and not Afr. Gladstone.
il at tho hoad Of tito British Government. The
press is mnzzled, and everything ie suppressed
which boars adversely upon the Roman Catholic
| priesthood.
ut is genorally auppoHed," ho added, TINT
tho Tichborne caso rs surrounded with myHtery J;
been created by the 1engtl, of tho trial. The
facts arc simple. young 1lau Who had been
long abont from home rotlrns after unusual nd
ventures aud vcisstudos. Ho Ii recognized by
tue mother, aud llyes with her until lor death,
two years lator. IIo is recognized ~ Sir Roger
by his nofghbors, and il SO fnr bolieycd in by
the public that no readily raises $500. GOO to aid
him to prosecute his claim. The younger son,
alfred, WHO succeeded to the estate on tho death
dead but lie Ind died in tho meantime
and tho property was in tic hands Of tho widow IN
trust for young son. sho wrote to the mother
she answered tint he was. Tho fanily solicitor
returned the sa1ne answer. But sho did not wish
to believe it; sho belonged to ono Of the most
influential Catholic families III England the
powcrof tho Jesuit party to hor aid. DR.. Manning
s at its head, aud iB tho adviser Of Mr. Glad
tho Government has instituted the i pros- @
have beon ~ gathe!ed from % all "" parts ''HSe Of te
| world to puntun it, at q cost of from, E5l0 10
E1,oo0 each. Tho fact that tl,oy Hont for tha
army Of Witnesses. i''stond Of dorendiug upon
| Lord Below testimony relative to tho tattoo
marks, which defeated the claimant OF his first
trial, proves TINT thoy do not consider that tes-
timony trustworthy OF convincing, though it was
upon that solely That they based their charge Of
Nlr. Whalloy charges that tho spirit Of English
law WAS violated III that tho accused had not ro-
ceivcd information Of tie witloBsos who wero to
he brought against linn, Or Of tho nature OF
the State to bring witnesses for his t1ofonse,
| ns ia provided by Inv. Ho complained moBt
bitterly OF tho suppression Of free speech. He
and another mcnabor Of Parliament had been
Ind discussed tho Tlclborno caso at public
meeting. They wero not tried by jury but by
u court presided ovor by Sir Alexander Cock
burn, Lord Chiof Justice Of England, whom he
I
an address to his constituents on tho subject,
aud no publisher would vonturo to print It with.
! out personal guarantees against loss. aud WHOM
printed ono dared to circulate it, "If this state
Of terrorism continues, he added, "thero will be-
many moro A1ayflowors launched for America ~
i He said that tho Chief Justice of tho Common
Pleas, Sir William Bobill, had been adverse to
Sir Rogor" from thu start. and that tho
Lord Chief Justice, before whom tho present
trnl is pending, ovincod his partisanship during
the first trial BY assiang Sir William Bobill oil
the bench, and by actually passing written notes
to Hawkirs the adverse counsel, ono of which
read III I were Judge and you counsel wo
would havo Ind this fellow III Newgato long
ago." Having alroady projudiced tho caae,
it waH violation Of English usage aud English
Justice for him to preside at tito present trial.
AIR. Whal!ey said that tho course of Sir Alex
nndor cockburn, in adjudgiug all words which
might Influence juryn,on to bo in contempt OF
court, WAS oven worse than that Of tile nootori-
o,,s Jo1Iros, who relied upon pleas Of contompt
Of court for his moBs dangerous onslaughts upon
liberty and Professionalism. Sir Alexander Cock
burn practically proclainls that ho will allow no
freo discussion in England. aud there WIS moth
ing il tile annals Of james II. moro Outrageous
or tyrannical than this.
IIdtEnntlon-AIcotill OF Husbands.