Fifteen years earlier , he was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge Turpin , who lusted after Barker 's wife Lucy .
In 1846 , Benjamin Barker , a barber , arrives in London , accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope .
Fifteen years earlier , Benjamin Barker was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge Turpin , who lusted after barber 's wife Lucy .
In 1846 , Benjamin Barker , a barber , arrives in London , accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope .