THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT’S SENTENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3470, 7 April 1874, Page 3

THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT’S SENTENCE.

The American telegrams relative to this case give the sentence of the Claimant as 24 years, instead of 14. The telegram runs ■“ The defendant in the Tichborne trial has just been sentenced to 24 years’ imprisonment. The prisoner was but little affected by tie sentence imposed upon him. The Court-room was crowded, and the sentence was pronounced amid deathlike stillness.” Another telegram says : —“ It is asserted that Dr Keneally, counsel for the Tichborne Claimant, will move for a new trial, on the; ground that the jury were misdirected by the Chief Justice in summing up.” A third telegram reports as follows: —“The trial of the Tichborne Claimant on charges of perjury, which has lasted one hundred and eighty days, resulted this morning in his conviction on all the charges, and he was sente need to fourteen years of penal servitude. The jury was only out a short time. There is great excitement over the verdict, and extras have been issued by the papers. After the verdict was announced the defendant expressed a desire to address the Court, but the Judge refused permission, and proceeded to. pass sentence, the Claimant maintaining his usual composure. When his sentence was pronounced he shook hands with Mr Keneally, his counsel, and he was taken from the Court-room by the usual exit, placed in a private carriage, and rapidly driven to Newgate, much to the disappointment of an immense though orderly crowd, which gathered outside to see him pass.

Bailing.