Tichborne trial

E630058

19th-century event fraud trial identity trial legal case

The Tichborne trial was a famous 19th-century English legal case in which a man falsely claimed to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy, becoming one of the era’s most sensational fraud and identity trials.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Tichborne Claimant	1
Tichborne case	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century event ⓘ fraud trial ⓘ identity trial ⓘ legal case ⓘ
charge	conspiracy to pervert the course of justice ⓘ perjury ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
court	Court of Common Pleas NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Queen's Bench NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	Victorian newspapers ⓘ law reports of the Court of Common Pleas NERFINISHED ⓘ law reports of the Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
endTime	1874 ⓘ
genre	sensational trial ⓘ
hasCause	disappearance of Roger Tichborne at sea ⓘ subsequent appearance of a claimant from Australia ⓘ
hasEffect	became a cause célèbre among working-class supporters ⓘ generated extensive contemporary pamphlet literature ⓘ influenced public debate on legal proof ⓘ inspired later books and studies on legal history ⓘ
hasPart	Regina v. Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tichborne v. Lushington NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	Arthur Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Justice Alexander Cockburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Tichborne NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Tichborne NERFINISHED ⓘ Tichborne claimant NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mainSubject	Tichborne baronetcy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tichborne inheritance claim NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	class and social tensions in Victorian England ⓘ issues of identity and evidence ⓘ public fascination and media coverage ⓘ
participantRole	barrister ⓘ claimant ⓘ heir ⓘ judge ⓘ jury ⓘ witness ⓘ
result	claimant convicted of perjury ⓘ claimant found to be an impostor ⓘ
sentence	14 years imprisonment ⓘ
startTime	1871 ⓘ
timePeriod	Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Fraud → centralEvent → Tichborne trial ⓘ

The Fraud → hasSubject → Tichborne trial ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tichborne case

Robert Pugh → notableWork → Tichborne trial ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Tichborne Claimant