An identity disputedSourced
The claimant could not speak the heir’s childhood language
In 1866, an Australian butcher claimed to be Roger Tichborne, a missing British heir. Roger’s mother accepted him, but relatives doubted him: he could not understand French, Roger’s childhood language. In 1874, a jury found him to be another man and convicted him of perjury.
The dispute turned family recognition into a major court case.
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