SinisterCrimes

On this day

11 January

  1. 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.

  2. 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.