New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-07

nslodrsmatc romance, than Of grave proSe.aint -
which the hives Of four human beings "eIf o. A.;
n We would Justly appreciate the PrincPies wiz
the French jury 20 verdict OF acquittA' VIZ u'ess
discard all our vulgar and commonplace notion,
derived from such books "a Archbolds crininai
Practice and Roscoe Criminal Evidence, anu oe co
tent 10 take our law from the repertoire OF inc VI
81, Martin or OF the Adelph a. their seasons oi
Grin mest rn.lodrama A retired provincial family
bnye notice that dssoute squire IN the neigho"rrS
Is in the habit Of climbing their PARK wall ior 'hs
purpose Of paving court 70 the daugh'', OF 'ne -
IIereupon the mother desires her gamer 20 On
his Gun and pick the fellow on. The gameEeePer "f-
lows her instructions the litter and shoots the hlu
der doNn Where he fell there he lay Tor an hou' y,
two and there he died. How say you Gentlemen OF
";he jury Guilty or No, Guilty! N9t uullly.
wAs the well-nigh instantaneous reply. In Prv>h"
ENGLAND we should have held that the proper course
for the 10 ad Of family 10 pursue under sich cIIcu,
stances would have been 70 give nohce 10 !hs
police who would have carried of the lnterloping
o,hario 70 gaol where he would have been deat
with according to his deserts and have been ehectu
aIlv restrained from annoying the family ior the
future A sound beating or ducklng IN tne ho'~
pond might. psrhsps have been esteemed parnoh-
able retaliation under the circumstances OF me ea,e
There can however be no doubt that at least the
lady and the gamekeeper who in cold blood and win
every circumstance Of deliberation planned ara car
red out the murder Of the intruder-oac kguaru "a ne
was--would in England have been consigned 20 we
pallows az the penalty Of their crime. They manage
matters differently on the other side of the channel
Whether they or in the right II u not lot Us 20
say: but at least the decision would appear 70 e'"o
fh this principle, that IN France private Ps'so.D or
justified in exactng revenge for any injury they may
have received or NAV fancy they have received
French Jury will simply consider whether the measure
of provocation sufficient to justify the measure oil
revenge. ,,, l.
eufos.e il the widow Of n cavalry officer, dwelling 10
her own chateau at the village of st. Administrations
lon; she has two sons and daughter. Blanche,
Young lady now about nineteen years OF age WIN
the family resided gOverness named Laurence
Thouzery about one wear older than Mademoselle de
Jeufosse whose welfare should have been, equally
with that Of her daughter an OBJECT OF the most
anxious socitude 10 this very arlsocratic ady' NOW
in the immediate neighbOrhoOd lived disreputaDle
Lird Of French "smlireen named Guiot-a married
man-between whom and the Jeuiosse family close
intimacy arose. Madame de Jeufosse soon received
notice from some good-natured friends that NJ Guot
amused his leisure by making love TO MademOiselie
Thoulery but what Of that The girl was governess,
or humble companion who was but following her nat
ural destny-it was not worth while making rupture
for 81 Deu de chose When Guot the nconstant, now
ever began TO cast hs eyes higher even to That oity
region in which MadamOisele Blanche was enshrined,
the complexion Of affairs was altered ana q niue
boodshed became necessary TO appease the indlgha-
ton of the bygOne Jeuoses and OF their stern repre-
sentative the heroine Of the present romance IL GER
family docs appear that for q lady who was 40 very
sensitive the point of honor, Madame dc JeuioSSe
neglected the most ordinary measures OF precautoh'
She knew the character of this man Gullo she khe"
that his various were the talk OF the country
side and that he had actually endeayored to seduce
young lady under her root, and yet she permitted
him 10 have free to her daughter to SIT win
her for hours at the piano and 10 iorah s . tb
expression we mean nothing more than that,
from the system of female education when
our neighbors have adopted, a young French girl
10 wears old stands in very different position n
far as selfdefeDse IL concerned, irom her Engisii
sister of the .ame age. The natural consequence OF
this negligence foowed-a connection more OF SIS IN
innate arose between MademGselle blanche ana W.
Gullo To what extent this was carried 1t ~ not Tor
Ms 70 determine and, indeed il would be difficult TO
arrive at any settled conclusion the matter IRON
the spshOd evidence adduced, consisting prnclpally
of the Boosting and Dragging of Gulllot himself.
There was however enough and more than enough,
10 Justify the socitude Of mother, and TO kindle iee-
ines of vet more violent kind in the breasts oi the
Young lady's brothers. Had either of these Two
young young gentlemen soundiy thrashed W. uuiio'
had they called him out and shot nm IN the
omen field divnes and lawyers must neees-
sarily have disspproved such course, but tho
Judgment Of the world could scarcely nave
been one Of unqualified condo mnation. They did
nothing of the kind but left the chief part IN the ORA
ma to their Mothers lady who seems to have been
cast in the Medea or Lady Macbeth mold. She called
for her gamekeeper, Crepel she adjured nun To defend
the honor of the JeuiOsse family even by staying,
" You do not watch well enough! said the Lady OF
Jeufosse. 90 You do not remember the promise you
" made TO my husband. You do not support the
b" honor of his name and that ct my children. You
must put an end the scandal of these visits at any
" cost " After this sublime alocution Madame
de Jeufosse is said to have added: " Fear nothing
The Procureur Imperial and the examining nlass-
trate have both told that We can ire on those
IL" who act as this man docs, and that even II ueath
" ensue we shall not be dlsquieied. Crepel VINO 10
man of practical turn of mind, bereupOn carefully
loaded his doublebarreed gun and proceeded 10 act
on cCunsels opinion.
Now, we are far from saying that the provocaton
given by this wreched fellow, Guot, did not JUSTIFY
any reasonable measure of retaliation. Inc hm's oi
revenge however must be fixed somewhere, ana IL
has been generally understood that deliberate aS-ass-
nation ia somewhat too rigorous pohcy, no matter
what the provocation may have been: Oh the ,I'h Vi
June however, about lO:30 p. IN, Emile Guilio ac-
conpane by his servant, GIOs. arrived at the ihcos
ure of the park OF JeutosSe. lie entered the PARK
alone, and approached tree. AT the bottom OF TINS
tree were two bricks, and between these br"ks "ui
lot placed letter and then making the best oil
his wav 10 n cump Of shrubs 10 yards distant. BE-
fore he reached the covert, CTepel who had been
watching his proceedings from behind ir-tree started
from his ambush, and calling out, HAT, you are
dead !" took deliberate am and gave Guilot the con-
tents of the barrel. Although what had passed was
well known in the chateau from the report OF Crepel
himself who proceeded 10 inform ms mistress oil what
he had done, and from the alarm which Gros, the
servant raised when he had ascertained his masters
condition Madame de Jeuiosse and her people LET the
poor wretch lie where he had fallen, and where ne
expired about hall an hour after he had received MS
death wound Such was the oct which NJ Btryer;
the counsel for the prisoners attempted Justify aid
in the attempt he succeeded 10 the satisfaction oil
French jury. The two principal arguments employed
were as follows II was said that by particular artl-
Gle in the French Code person who respass+' on an
nelosure night does at his own peril, and ne
be slain in the course of his tre~pGs-. much the
werse for him; but il il not murder whether TINS De
French law or not we will not pretend to say, but we
feel very sure OF the opinion which English Crown
LAWYERS would entertain upon such Doctrine Again;
VI Il, IL aardi IN
who detected his wife in criminal intercourse with
her paramour might STAY them both on the spot
The law would have regard to the natural play
"of human passion upon such enormous proNSca-