The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-10-11 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE TICABOHNE CASE.  On Monday the trial of the Tichborne claimant was resumed in the Court of Queen's Bench, and several witness's who were examined, declared the defendant to bo lOger Tichborne:  On luesdny, John Woodyatt, a cAttle ,lealer at Worcester, and formerly a butcher, said he went to Australia in 1656, and kept a hutch,r's shop at Keilor, near Melbourne. He often visited the stock yard at Melbourne, and It• (.1.1!)e acquainted with Arthur Orton. DeOmit was nut the Arthur Orton he knew out  Ann Mira sa;cl she now lived:tat Notting frillCie. In 1838 she was in the service of lady Doughty at Alresford. She left, and returned again to the same service in 1848. 13he  knew Roger Tichborne well. Defendant was Sir Roger Tichborne. (Laughter.) The witness was very briefly cross-examined, but she became greatly confused, and was asked to retire.  --Josiah Storrs, Bromsgrove, and formerly in the Carabineers, remembered Mr. Tichborne very well. Drilled him often. Saw him at Cahir in 1851, and from that time never saw him again until this morning here. Recognised him as the name gentleman to the best of his knowledge. The witness was not crossexamined. Captain Jacob Sankey, formerly in the Royal Navy, and now residing at Tipperary, identified defendant as Roger. On Wednesday, Benjamin Ward said the last time he saw Orton was in February, 1863, on IFCarthy's ststion, near Hurdle Ford. He used to see Orton off and on from 1851 until then, but sometimes lost sight of hini for six months. Having stated that he had had conversations with Orion, Dr. Kenealy said he was afraid he could not ask him what passed. The witness replied, "I have a great deal to tell about this. I had a mate murdered, and a certain party was suspected."—To the Lord Chief,Justice : The man murdered was called Ballarat Harry. He was not a partner of mine, but he lived in the same place with me. He was a fellow-digger. He was murdered three or four months previous to the 4th of February, 1863. I had seen him last three or four years before then. He was murdered somewhere between Castlemaine and Bendigo.—Dr. Kenealy : Is that (pointing to the defendant) the Arthur Orton you knew in Australia? No.—ls he iu any way like him I No ; he is not one atom like him.  On Thursday, Mr. James Brown, ex-Captain, who was at Rio when Roger Tichborne went on board the Bella, was further cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins. He remembered the Osprey being at Rio, the name of the mate being Lewis, and Mr. Tichborne embarking on board the Bella when he and Captain Mats and Birett returned from shore drunk. When he saw defendant at the meeting at Shadwell, witness identified him as the undoubted Roger. Capt. Brown, in cross-examination, said that Roger had a peculiarity on the right thumb which prevented him from holding a billiard cue properly. He did not mention this yesterday because he was not asked about it. Captain Brown who said he saw Roger on board the Bella, and he (the captain) and all the crew were disgracefully drunk and incompetent to manage the ship, still held to his former statement, and maintained the defendant was Roger.