The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-25 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRANCE.

„_ It may be remembered that in August last Dr.
silardout, physician of the palace of Fontainebleau,
4114 his wife, both advanced in years, were found
murdered in their house near the palace, and that
a robbery of their property had been committed ;
also that a man named Faugeras, who had been in
their service, was some days after arrested. This
man, was brought to trial before the Court of
Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne, and after the cir-
e,lstances'of the crimes had been stated, he for-
,,tally admitted his guilt, but accused the female
hexing
of the deceased, whose name is Talbot, of
been his accomplice. In this accusation
persisted, • in spite of the vehement denial
ef the woman. In consequence she was ar-
l'ested, and the trial was adjourned to enable
1111 investigation into the man's accusation to be
made. His statement was that while he was in
_Dr. Bardout's service an intimate connexion existed
between him and the young woman, and that they
committed in conjunction robberies of wine and
other things ; that they had planned a greater
robbery, and that in the night
of the 29th of Au-
gust she had let him into the house to perpetrate
; that on penetrating into Madame Bardout's
room the latter cried out, and thaa#Chhe murdered
her by a blow on the head with
that
Dr. Bardout, who slept in the next roe op mpe(rtilhaevinf
heard the noise, +got up, and that he
man's state-
ment then murdered him, being assisted in bothPr
these murders by the servant. The
marks
tnent seemed to a certain extent probable from
the fact that medical men thought, from
on the persons of the deceased, that two
?persons must have, been engaged in the
crime ; likewise because certain doors on the pas-
sage from the girl's room to the chambers of the
Murdered personi were left partly open, and
because it seemed strange that the murders could
have been committed without the girl having, as
she alleged, heard anything. But, on the other
hand, it was ascertained beyond any reasonable
doubt that not only had no intimate connexion
existed between the young woman and the prisoner,
but that it was she who had caused his dismissal
from the service of Dr. Bardout for having one
night entered her chamber and attempted to take
liberties with her. The prisoner, when pressed,
'
with questions, at last admitted that the charge
against the girl was unfounded; and he said it was
he who had opened the doors, in order to
throw suspicion on her. The consequence was
that the examining magistrates declared
that there was no reason for prosecuting
the
girl. On Saturday the man was again
lought to trial before the Court of Assizes of
the Slim-et-Marne •; and after the facts of the case
had been related, and the man interrogated on
them, the President said :—” Faugeras, I adjure
on to say whether or not
Fou persist in your ac-
cusationssi, against the servant." The man remained
8111: was silent, "Do you, yes or no, persist i saying that
your accomplice ?" " I cann
on ly answer
direct questions." " Speak, say what you please ;
we listen to you." " I have not much to say. If I
s,Pnke of the girl it was not to have her punished,
lot because it was the truth. But punish me
2", if you like ; I have ro objection." " Shall
ii,"ee %all the girl?" "I shall say nothing against
cY• " You have nothing to say against
my nothing—that is all I say." The girl
i;vaks, then called, and solemnly protested that she
no part in the murder. The jury declared the
pri,one .
A r guilty, and the Court condemned him to
'Leath. 0
corn° wi hearing the sentence lie was so over-
and th emotion that he sank down on his seat,
had to be supported in leaving the court.—
"o.gnant's Zessenger.