The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24

beside him. After the chief justice, Justice
Mellor and Justice Lush each followed with
few words, in which they did not touch on
the evidence, for they adopted all that had
been said by Sir A. Cockburn, but merely
emphasized his rebuke to DR.. Kenealy.
THE JURY.
1t was few minutes after II when the
judge finished, and for moment it seemed
as if the jury hesitated as to whether it was
worth while to leave their box for consulta-
tstion, and their movements were of course
eagerly watched by the claimant and the
audience. A tall juror with sharp, bilious
features and blank beard, snatched down
his hat from the peg, rather sharply, as sig
mai that be wanted To go, and the rest at
once followed. THIS seemed TO confirm the
impression that had got about that the jury
was not unanimous, and there was much
speculation as to how long they would be alb
sent. The claimant remained in court all the
time, closely watched by police in uniform
| and plain clothes. he continued to affect an
| appearance of complacency. and spoke once or
twice in low voice to the boy Boyle, but he
was evidently nervous and moody. One or
two letters and kilograms addressed I" Sir
| Roger Tichborne, Bart, arrived about this
| time and were handed to him-the last he
will receive under that title. 1t was sup
posed that as the jury had now been out for
| a quarter of an hour, there must be some
discussion going on among them, and that
| 1T would therefore be some time before
they returned. Very soon afterward,
| however, a buzz announced that they
were coming in, and there was con-
sequently some excitement. The claim
ant was struggling desperately to
maintain his self possession. He plucked
| up the collar of his coat, and settled him
self firmly in his seat. as ifprepared for the
the worst. In a great hush the jury take
their places. The clerk of the court asks
| them for their verdict, and il is at once Civ
en- in a firm voice by the foreman, equity
I-guilty on both counts" The foreman
| further stated that the verdict was unani-
nous, and that they also held unanimously
that the defendant had been proved to be
Arthur Orion, aud that there was no foun-
dation for his statements in regard to
the alleged seduction of his cousin.
A paper was also handed in signify
| ing reprobation of Doctor Kenealy g
abusive and calumnious attacks, and de-
claring that there appeared to be no ground
for the charges of conspiracy, perjury and
corruption brought against the witnesses
| for the prosecution.
THE SENTENCE.
Then the claimant had to stand up, which
he did sullenly and sulkilv, dropping both
his broad face and his sly, Ieering eyes. JUS
tice Mellor then read the Judgment of the
court, prefacing it with some general re-
marks on the case. The punishment
to be awarded was, he said, quite
Inadequate, but they were limited
by an act of parliament which had probably
been passed without the contingency of such
monstrous crime as this having been taken
into account. The sentence was seven years
penal servitude for perjury in declaring that
he was Roger Tichborne, and then on the
back ofthat seven years more for the perju-
ries he had committed IN supporting this
imposture. think the criminal had made
up his mind for the first seven years, but
was taken aback by the cumulative applica-
tons of the penalty. He gulped violently
and sucked his lips, together with a scarcely
police Officers, who had all along s
been keeping vigilant watch, sur
rounded him more closely, and imagine
there was some apprehension that he might
attempt to swallow poison, or do something
desperate. Once there was a sort of move
ment among them when he put his hand i'm
his pocket. Colonel Henderson, the chief
of the metropolitan police; Colonel Frazer,
one of his lieutenants, and a posse of detec-
tives and constables, were at hand, and a
large body of police was also stationed in
The claimant, speaking with some diff
fculty, and in low voice, asked the court
!, whether he might say anything. seer
tainly not" replied the chief justice, and
Immediately the claimant, or, as he must
now be called, Orton, surrendered
himself, lamb-like, into the hands of the
officers, and was hastily led away. He had
been rather pale when he first came into
court, but he was now about black in the
face, especially about the upper part of the
cheeks and around the eyes. Large drops
of perspiration stood upon his brow. He
bowed to his counsel as he went away, and
exchanged glance OF farewell with young
BOYLE, and then disappeared. In order tC
battle the large crowd which had gathered
in Westminster Hall, in Palace yard, and in
Parliament street, he was taken through a
back way to Newgate. The mob waited pa
tiently for some time to take a last look al
its hero, and as he did not appear, il
gradually dispersed. The proceedings
were all got over by about l o'clock
and L suspect an effort was made to &C
complish this in order that the half holiday
in the afternoon might not add to the multi
tude.
REVIEW.
1t cannot be said that the manner in which
this absurd and transparent exposure has
been dealt with has been creditable to the
administration OF justice. 1t is nine years
since orion first began to call himself Roger
Tichborne. He had six years to get up his
| case for the first trial, which resulted in a
non-suit, which was practically verdict
against him; and now it has taken some
two years more to get Linn convicted. The
expenses OF the present trial have been
| estimated at a fabulous sum, and there can
| be no doubt that they will at least be very
Dnsiderable-probably some e2OO,O00 or
Whereabouts. All this needless waste of
time and money might have been saved by
the exercise of little common sense and ju-
dicial irplness. Orion should have been
tried at the old bailey in the ordinary way,
| as soon after the first trial as possible, and
| there would have been no difficulty about
this If the attorney general had not, unfor-
tunately, made up his mind to make
! great parade of the case. The result
has been this wearisome and protracted
trial of 1SS days of which nearly
q hundred have been spent in mere talking.
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