The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-09 00:00:00

V .
- .;.'.
• ' 1 n 1 4
, . , , , • ~," '
ir.::„.
,r, ,
:mtv
,4.'4:,411k"‘(144.111-.1.-AR:' ""'", . hitt
I'lly, 14 P=-141 A 11
t, Ze
4 7..'#:4
~„/) •
.
fr
~. ,
). ,
.-- de bur
.;:i..., . ~ . ,
.._..,/, .:.? ~,A ,c ~, , ~ .. loN -i, -f.dif-,
-, ,- . • ~ -, .
:'/' :"' ' ' 'A. . - ew;rilEt.*: - izict 611 - *-e'r - ' -,":;‘,,
of Aier,i. 111, ~. 47,;,.., -4,, IV - 14- '"...,1 , -•, ..... W': N,
4 \ .1; i,',,,!, ),. ,'; 41 ..' ••• ,i, ~ t, lir
t •&I ' at :•„i4l`.- z=
• .--
. ,...„, .

to Atli, st I shrill iitgliarkozeit, If I did what they
say, may God never suffer me to leave this place alive
But I will not appear again since truth is not to be
heard. To-morrow I will remain in my prison." Upon
this Madame Massot assured the President, that she per-
fectly'recollected his voice. She than referred to theletters
she had received, demanding a thousand ounces of geld
for the release of her son, but she could not sends, lee-
cause her whole fortune was not equal to the ailiount,
and all she had was settled upon her children. Madame
Massot was asked by tha Procureur-General whether
her husband had not been, at another time, arrested
in like manner, and redeemed himself from captivity by
giving a large sum of money. She replied that she was
not able to state the fact ; but M. Villelongue knew
more about it than she did. Madame arassot then be-
came so faint that she was obliged to ho taken out of
M. Villelongue, being called, deposed that M.
Massot had informed him, that about three years ago
he was taken by brigands, and kept in secret confine-
ment. They at first fixed his ransom at 60,000 K, but
afterwards reduced it to 15,0001., which sum being paid
he was liberated, At the close of the hearing, at which
the above evidence of Madame Massot and M. Ville-
longue was given, Simon renewed his intimation to the
President that he desired not to appear in Cowit the
next day ; but the President would not listen to his re-
quest. The whole of the witnesses having been heard,
the Procureur-General addressed the court and jury, in
a speech which lasted three hours, anti W3S listened'
to throughout with the profoundest attention and the
deepest interest. lie concluded by calling upon the
jury to deliver a verdict which would strike tealr'r
into these violaters of humanity, and deter others fr:sSII
committing the same atrocities. lie was replied./: to by
two counsel engaged for the prisoners, who grgucei
against the jurisdiction of the Court, on the grouirel of
the crimes with which their clients stood charged being
committed in Spain. On the ninth and last day, the
President, previous to his summing up, asked the pri-
soners whether they had anything to say in their own
defence. Simon said, " All I ask is death, and no other
punishment; for if France will commit an injustice,
it be complete." Camps, alias Sale, another, sad,
" You have been told that I killed a Mousou de la
Escuada. I have killed not one but several of them,
and if I had been at the plunder of the diligence, I
would have washed my hands in their blood." A 61.1'4
named Barlab6 alias Negret, denied that he was at
the robbery of diligence, and declared that if he had
been he would have cut the throats of all the officers in
it, in revenge for the death of his relations, who
had been murdered by their political enemies," The .
rest of the prisoners said nothing ; but several of them
during the trial had protested against the truth of the
evidence given by the witnesses for the prosecution,
affirming that they being Liberals wished to crush them
(the prisoners) because they were Carlists. When the
President had summed up, and put the question to the
jury upon which they had to decide, M. Lafabreque,
one of the counsel for the prisoners, applied to the Court
to add to them the three following Was the rch,,ery
imputed to the prisoners committed in Spa,'n ? Did the
arrests and sequestrations (secret continonents) take
place in Spain ? Was the murder committed e Spain?"
The Procureur-General argued against, these ques-
tions, and the Court decided that they could not be pl"ts
The jury retired about three in the afternoon, anti,
after five hours' deliberation, returned into Court and
declared their verdict, upon which the Court withdrew to
consider its judgment.
During the half-hour the Court was out, the prisoners
were most scandalous in their conduct! All the
prisoners shouted, "Long live Don Carlos Fahrega..
" May God give him health and strength to return to
Spain." Sagas, addressing with a smile the tresident,
who remained on the bench, said, "I give -You many
thanks, Sir." If these are the new laws you talk so
much about, I compliment you upon them. You may
call it the balance of justice, but I call it the balance of
hell." Then turning to his fellow-prisoners and laugh-
I ing he said, " Come, we have 40 days more which are
necessary for them at Paris to muddle over onr papers,
and then it will be all at an end ;" at the same time
drawing his hand over the neck of Icazes. Three otti
them were rolling cigars, and were taking flints, steel, and
tinder from their pockets, with the intent of lighting
them, but were prevented by the gensd'armes. Sagals
called one of the jury by his name, and promised him
on being well received. This scene was put a stop
that if he or any of his family came to Spain, they might
rely
obueTretunir
ade
dte uoc rl
was
rrianesdge,
noaonntddegmdueni
eit
dyv
tr
oiv
vn
iagn
ptohrrieds
eos
rein:
det
ne
tntocfeobsre.
Oneto
dischargedb y
thehaving.o
three years, and another for five years ; one to eight
years, and another to ten years' close confinement, and
the pillory ; one to ten years, and one to twenty years'
hard labour at the hulks, with the pillory ; six to hard
labour at the hulks for life, on account of the jury hav-
ing found that there were extenuating circumstances in
their favour ; and four, among whom were Simon, tie.-
gals, and Icazes, ttleath. The Court ordered that Si-
mon and Sagals should be executed at Ceret, and the
other two at Perpignan.