William Ballantine - Other Cases

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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