The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

EVENING

TRIAL OF TRAGINE THE BAlifj

The trial of Pierre Sarde, surnamed Tragiq,
meoood on the 25th ult., before the Court °IA

t., Ari ge iat. Fix. The early histe.ry
racier 01 tins brigand, his conviction in 1837, for
inn and maim'ng an inhabitant of Saint Cirae, A
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deinnation to close confinement, his escape frc"uL
with another convict named Theodore Sartres,w'
in June, 1838. found murdered, under circal
which warranted the trial and condemnation,bYwil
of Tragine, as the perpetrat-sr of this crime, tom-it
hour at the hulks for life ; his remaining still ot ti
the commune of Lyc}iert, although several-brie
gendarmes and detachments of troops of the lig'°,l
sent out to endeavour to take him ; his liberal Owaret
nerous conduct to the poorer.inhabitants„tbe 14,0 j
of which were attributed to robbery, 171:10,
to one of 20,000 francs in April, .18':iItO
M. Causson, a banker, at Lavelaret, atn' 11.
tl Tragine ; his treatment of a servant e'..:oi
Pic, the Mayor of Lyehert, whom he found watdi
horse, and first stunned by a blow from the bus;fo
his musket, and then threw into the basin • of 001
taro, where the man would have been drowned bieweii
his cries called other persons to his rescue, and....tir
away his assailant ; and finally, his attempt urniaili
lift of M. Pic on the 10th of Sptember last, W°d
him first with his gun, and afterwards stahkeg fly
eleven different places with a knife which fell
M. Pie's own pocket, of which wounds, tik
he recovered most unexpectedly were Ilk',
some time since, and were recapitulated 'w- 1
their minute circumstances in the indictor 1,0
during the trial. This document concha(' JO
accusing tl.e prisoner of having, with 111'7
wounded or beaten Baptiste Houssaud, tbe f
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of M. Pic, whereby he was disabled from $
his usual occupations for upwards of twen_Ati.
and also with having voluntarily and with preMll9
attempted to murder M. Pic. The trial las 74-40
Ist inst. All the statements of the indictmell
tully proved by the witnelsc,, who were very au 0.0;"
and indeed the prisoner himself admitted tb°sl,
were most essential. After a very clear and 7101
summing up of the President of the Court, tik, V
retired and remained two hours and a quartet obi
liberation. On their return they deeliretil,ile°
found Tragine guilty upon both the counts ril jj?
dictment, but with extenuating circumstance's',
this he was sentenced to hard labour at the iliiiii r
life, and to be exposed on the pillory in tbe- • <
place of Foix. When the President, previous #
ming up, mite] him if he had anything more 4,
his defence,—" If I have done ill to M. Pie, ir ,
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1m
slit'
, lifif

cause he did the same to me. I pardon hr.
pardon me." He heard his sentence without
word or showing any apparent emotion, and
ducted back to prison under a very stronliari
When safely lodged, he observed, " They fot/dej
quite short enough, and therefore have 104 1.-tor,
me to be made shorter." He was near totl'iot
escape from prison during the trial, variotiose
meats, ropes, &c. fiir so doing, having been foul' r"..
possession.

HOW TO LEAD MANKIND'
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If masters fully understood the influence vo;pie
the slightest personal attention produces on theh-
of their workmen, they would be more 10`9,,:t tbrA
they are of a simple act of justice which can c"; 14:
so little, and would profit them so much. liresa—tt
like a friend, and you soon make him one ; tr—ree
like a rogue, and his honesty must be much gte
than your wisdom, if he do not soon justify Pu
foot
piciots! In no way are men so easily led-",ttio"
is true, so blindly led—as through the a;erdwi Fr
Thanks to the Lenign arrangements of a alCre:re
ther, the affections are the only part of our ud.
cultivation of which man cannot neglect, however, ii
he may often pervert them. Every man ce°3""
the world surrounded by objects of affection., pot
filial and parental tic is one which binds rich avdd
alike ; and is often the stronger in the poor, hechae-fdl/
is almost the only domestic blessing which tc,l;o,sri
truly call their own. Hence it is, that meh L.- at,
quite inaccessible to reason, are easily led by tuF,cial.,u
tions ; and no wise man will neglect to use, c•P'soff.
when it is for the mutual benefit of all. this pc: off
and universally prevailing instrument. The hex of °°.
to the tie of parent and child, in the progressf r
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ciety, is that of master and servant ; and it i5:,b°210,
interest of both to carry into their relations obit'
other as much as possible of the kindly feelinglb op
has been nursed in the bosom, in childhood, by ort,
mestic fireside.—The Rev. Mr. Parkinson's FaniP