Other Cases
Among Ballantine's other notable cases were:
- his successful prosecution of Franz Muller for the murder of Mr. Briggs in 1864,
- his skilful defence of the Tichborne claimant in 1871, and
- his defence of the Gaekwad (Gaekwar) Maharaja of Baroda in 1875, his fee in this last case being one of the largest ever known at the time.
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