11 May

The civil action Tichborne v. Lushington opens at Westminster.

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.

James Maybrick dies at home in Aigburth.

Florence Maybrick Disputed verdict

An American wife, a Liverpool cotton broker who dosed himself with arsenic, and a verdict so doubtful the Home Office reprieved her within weeks.