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The End of the Tichborne Trial: "How has it gone, Sir?", 1874. 'The enormously lengthy trial of Thomas Castro, alias Arthur Orton, the claimant of the Tichborne estates and title, for perjury committed by him in the action of ejectment he brought to obtain that property, was concluded in the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday last. This trial had been continued during 188 days' sittings of the Court...There were loungers about the hall and a crowd watching that entrance to the court where the public have hitherto sought for admission. When they caught sight of the prisoner's well-known form in custody they made a rush to the door of the House of Commons, but a strong body of police was stationed there and kept the crowd from following...The crowd lingered about the precincts of the hall and courts for more than an hour, apparently in the belief that the prisoner was still in the building, but as the police were withdrawn the crowd gradually melted away'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.