The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

tain a large scale.
had been against the undertaking she
would have abandoned IL, favorable oppor-
tunities Notwithstanding.
The DEVILS advocate replied that as to
the voices the statement was mere
assumption on his honorable brother 5
part: according to reliable chroniclers, he
said. Joan had made up her mind to storm
the city. holiday or no holiday.
The advocate of the cause defended him
self and his client very cleverly against
the insinuation, and asked the court that
the objection be thrown out because Joan
had been sufficiently punished for her RASH
ness by the wound she received while d.
recting the operations.
May it please your Eminence.' cried the
DEVILS advocate. holly, ''she was shot in
the leg while the churches filled for the
festival were abandoned, and every man
hid himself in his own house. fearful of
being massacred, as King Charles's SOL
diers, under command of Joan, had long
been In the worst repute. And even when
retreating she refused to recognize the
hand of God in her defeat. for she persisted
in blaming the other generals and vowing:
BY my staff the place should have been
taken.'"
Tie second charge likewise led to heated
arguments between the spiritual lawyers.
The advocate of the cause, or, in this case
we might say the people, told the story of
how Joan was made prisoner.
JOAN A PRISONER.
Before she sailed out on that fatal
| morning. May %, $780, she went to mass,
confessed and communicated, and then
preached to the townspeople and a crowd
| of children who gathered about her.
I'm the battle Joans troops were out
| numbered by people of their own race, and
when hardest pressed the English fell upon
| her left flank and rear, the odds being
eight to one most of the time. Finally the
enemies surrounded her. some snatching al
her clothes. others grasping her bride rein
until at last a Picard archer, Selling her
| by her cloak, endorsed her.
| Here the DEVILS advocate begged leave &c
| remind their Eminences that Joan would
probably not have been taken prisoner ex.
| cept for her conspicuous and brilliant at
tire. God he said, allowed Joan to be
| taken because of the pride with which she
I was pulled up and because of the extrava,
CANT clothes she wore. She did not per.
form Gods work, but solely followed the
dictates of her vanity"
The advocate of the cause replied tha
the charge of undue vanity on Joan's par
| was unsubstantiated except for the wild
talk of her enemies, the first sounding 4
| being a young shepherd from the noun
tains of Gevandan, who professed that h,
could do quite as much as Joan had eve
done. This witness, said the advocate, wa
unreliable, as he was a rival of the mait
and jealous of her success.
| ION the other hand" continued the advo
cate, at is a fact that Joan fully antici
pated defeat. and even her sad end, 70
on the morning of the battle she said to tn
people she met in church: I tell you tina
they have sold and betrayed me. and tina
sooE 1 shall be delivered to death. bel
you to pray to God for me, since shall
never more have power to serve the KIM
or the kingdom of France
A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
1T now come to the most important poin
of my argument" continued the advocate
"Joan's alleged abjuration and other ex
pressions on her part made in court do no
count against her, as the proceedings, be
I ing contrary to the laws of the realm, nav
no standing in law and should be judged a
nonexistent. together with all the testimon
taken and produced there.
According to the laws of France tn
bishop Of Scissors alone had jurisdictio
over the maid. for Compiegne, the plac
where she was caught. was under his dc
minion as spiritual and temporal lord. Ir
stead her trial was held at Rouen, an
Il IDE I.
ever over her. was appointed judge TIL
appointment being unconstitutional, tn
findings of the court were null and voic
and nothing that Joan did or said at til
trial should be taken into consideration b
your Eminences"
The DEVILS advocate made violent objet
ton to this. After quoting history to sho
that Cauchon possessed full jurisdictio
over Joan he produced the annals of tn
! trial itself to certify that Joan Willingly
appeared before the bishop. The only r,
! quest she made appertaining to the cou
| was TO the effect that some of her judg,
might be taken from the French party
When the DEVILS advocate stopped sho
: the maids representative entered II
breach. charging his colleague with SUI
} pressing facts, to wit, that Joan had al:
: petitioned the court TO allow her to he:
mass before she was put on trial, whiC
request Cauchon denied ION account of Il
| crimes OF which she was accused and II
5 improperly of the dress she persisted
| wearing This denial of spiritual cor
fort, which had continued nearly thr,
months. was relied upon by her unju
4 | Judge to break the maids stubborn will
r | said the advocate
e Whereupon his colleague replied TIL
e Cauchon was not the only judge. He h;
: for associates two abbots. a prior. Il
4 treasurer OF the cathedral and four canon
S each OF whom learned in theology as w,
4 | as in civil and ecclesiastical law"
[ QUOTING FROM THE RECORDS.
Meanwhile the maids advocate had be
looking up further authorities, and W
y able to show their Eminences that Cauch
: denied spiritual comfort 10 the maid on
: own responsibility and without consulti
II his associates. he was afraid to risk
8 | important a matter to the vote of the ju,
e cial body The advocate scored anoth
!, point by quoting Joan's evidence on Fs
d 4, 1881, when she refused to sake the GA
!" J without reservation. saying TO Cauchon: