 In 1881 , Benjamin represented Arthur Orton , the Tichborne claimant , before the House of Lords . Orton , a butcher from Wagga Wagga , New South Wales , had claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne , a baronet who had vanished some years previously , and Orton had perjured himself in the course of defending his claim . Benjamin sought to overturn the sentence of 14 years passed on Orton , but was not successful . 
