On this day
11 January
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1867
Lady Tichborne meets the Claimant in Paris and accepts him as Roger.
Tichborne Claimant Convicted
A bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga said he was a lost English baronet. A grieving mother believed him; two juries and 188 court days did not.
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1898
A court-martial acquits Esterhazy.
Dreyfus Affair Disputed verdict
A torn note from a wastebasket, a Jewish captain sent to Devil's Island, and the real spy acquitted in three minutes: the injustice that split France.