Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-19

having, towards the close OF 1915 and In
January 1916. formed or executed a plot.
having for its object to destroy or alter the
French government. or to excite the citizens
to take up arms against the royal authority,
nor othaving been accomplices in the said
crimes, declares that there is no ground for
accusation against the said Wilson, Hutch
inson. and Bruce. in respect of the said facts
of attempt and plot.
AS far as respects Jacques Merle, con-
sidering that from the preliminary invest
CATION, the charge results against him of
having, on the 20th Of December, 1915, i'm
connivance with Lavalette, condemned to
capital punishment, and to the keeping of
whom he was specially appointed. faciltat-
ed the escape from prison of the said La
valette.
AS tar as respects Jean Baptiste Roquet-
te de Kergudec the elder, considering that
there results from the inquiry a sufficient
charge against him of having on the Goth of
December, 1915, through negligence, facili-
tated the escape of Lavalette, condemned
to capital punishment, and who was COM
mitted to his care, in quality of chief gaoler
of the prison:
AS far as respects Bctsort Bonneville, and
Joseph Cuern, alias Marengo, considering
that there results from the documents, a
sufficient charge against them, of having,
on the goth December, 1915, facilitated the
escape of Lavallette, condemned to CAPT.
tai punishment, by procuring for the con-
demRed the means of effectng his escape;
and also as far rs respects Wilson, Hutch
lnson and Bruce, considering that there re-
suits from the documents sufficient
charge against them, of being, in The month
of January, 1916, accessory to the conceal
of 4 ..yolt.tto
condemned to a capital punishment, and
of having facilitated the completion of his
escape.
These crimes and offences being provid-
ed against, by the articles SO, 81, $40, and
2Al, OF the penal code, the court order the
indictment of Iaqucs Merle, and commits
him to the court of assiges of the depart
ment OF the Seine, to be tried conformably to
law and considering their connection, and
the Sd article of the code, which obliges all
those who reside in France, to conform in
matters OF police and public safety, to the
laws OF the kingdom, commits to the same
court OF assize, the aforesaid Roquctte
the elder, Bonneville, Guerin, Wilson,
Hutchinson, and Bruce. in state of arrest.
to be tried for the off noes imputed TO
them by the same process. AS far as res
poets Amelia LOUISA Beauharnois, the wife
OF Lavallette, aud Anne Marguerite Boyel-
dieu, the widow of Dutoit. considering that
there does not result from the documents
and the inquiry, a sufficient charge against
them of having lent criminal assistance to
the escape of Lavallette, or of having faci-
iitated the said escape, and that the pas
sive obedience to which they were reduced
by their quality and their, situation, with
respect to Lavallette, cannot be considered
a IL a 80. -
the effected escape of the condemned De-
creeing that there is no ground for prose
cutting the aforesaid wife of Lavallette. and
widow Dutolt, makes absolute the liberty
granted conditionally to the said wife of
Lavailette, in the course of the proceedings,
and orders that Marguerite Boyeldieu, shall
be immediately set at liberty, if she is not
confined for any other cause.