The trial at bar of Sir Roger C D Tichborne, bart., in the Court of Queen's bench at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr Justice Mellor, & Mr Justice Lush, for perjury, commencing Wednesday, April 23, 1873, and ending Saturday, February 28, 1874 . me of Tom ; I never saw Norman Nicholson at Boisdale ; Isaw him either at Dargo or Bushy Park; I was at DargoHut only once ; 1 went there between three or four in the after-noon, and was away from there at daj-liglit next morning ; Inever saw NormanNicholson, Casteo, and myself in actualcontact at any time ; the man I thought was Cast
The trial at bar of Sir Roger C D Tichborne, bart., in the Court of Queen's bench at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr Justice Mellor, & Mr Justice Lush, for perjury, commencing Wednesday, April 23, 1873, and ending Saturday, February 28, 1874 . me of Tom ; I never saw Norman Nicholson at Boisdale ; Isaw him either at Dargo or Bushy Park; I was at DargoHut only once ; 1 went there between three or four in the after-noon, and was away from there at daj-liglit next morning ; Inever saw NormanNicholson, Casteo, and myself in actualcontact at any time ; the man I thought was Castro was at somedistance from me, he was some 300 yards away, leading his horseafter the heifers or weaners ; I last saw the man I call Castro inthe beginning of 1859 ; I think it was at DenUiquin, in thetownship; he was walking through the town by himself ; I recog-nized liim, and he recognized me ; we spoke to one another; Iwas in his company about ten minutes. I never heard the rumour of the murder of Ballabat Harry ;I left Gippsland in the beginning of or late in the end : I know a man of the name of McColl, a blacksmith inGippsland; I did not know a man named Peter McColl atDargo; I remcnil)cr blacks being at Dargo ; but not their names ;. PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD DOUGHTY. I remember a man named Miller, he was pound-keeper in Gipps-land at the time I knew him ; I do not remember him at Dargo ;I first heard of this claim being put forward just before I gotinto the trouble I am in now ; I got into trouble on August 15th,1868, just a few nights prior to that I heard of this claim ; Iwas applied to in the gaol to give evidence in this cause; I donot know how I was traced there ; on several occasions I heardFoster call him Tom Castro, but none of the other men ; I neverknew a man named AEinrR Oeton at Boisdale ; I said I knewall the permanent station hands on Boisdale ; dwing the time Ispeak of there was no such person; I do not remember a pock-marked man named Arthur
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