Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-24
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
Humberts and d'Aurignacs Get Long,

Hunberts and d'Aurignacs Get Long
 Sentences.
 PARIS, Aug. 24. .-One of the greatest criminal trials in the history of France eliminated when the jury in the court of assizes rendered verdict of guilty against Therese and Frederic Humbert and Romain and Emile d d'Aurignac, ac- cused of obtaining about $10,000,00O on false pretenses. After brief delibera- tion the court sentenced Therese and Frederic Humbert each to five years and to-pay a fine of 1000 francs, Emile d'Aurignac to three years and Romain d'Aurignac to two years.
 The verdict was reached after the jury had been out for four and a half hours. Therese Humbert seemed to be hopeful until the last, maintaining that the jury was certain to bring in a yer dict of acquittal. Even after condem- nation her emotion was only momenta- ry. She soon resumed her self posses sion and warmly thanked her physi- clan for his ministrations. She also thanked Maitre Labori.
 Frederic Humbert acted as though dazed by the shock of conviction. His thin face assumed a ghastly pallor. Romain and Emile dAurignac pre- served an air of stolid indifference.
 The verdict in the case of the Hum berts absorbs public attention, the Par is journals giving it prominence equal to that of the Dreyfus and Zola trials. The mention by Therese Humbert of Regnier leads to the publication of many biographies of him. Regnier was condemned to death Sept. 20, 1874, aft CT having been found guilty of commu- nicating with the enemy, of being a spy, of entering fortified place to pro cure information for the enemy and of plotting with the enemy to secure the possession of the fortified town of Metz. Regnier fled before the trial, go- ing to Switzerland. It was generally England, in November, 1886, but the Presse recalls the fact that three years ago a mysterious parsonage died in the United States whom many believed to have been Regnier.
 The result of the trial has caused a general feeling of relief, many, espe- cially among the lower classes, having feared till the last that occult infiu- ences would succeed in procuring a verdict of acquittal.
 In spite of her defiant attitude when receiving sentence, Mme Therese Humbert broke down on her arrival in the Conciergerie prison and had long crying fit. On recovering she took a small bowl of soup and then retired. The men of the party, though depress- ed, bore up better. Maitre Labori, her counsel, visited Mme Humbert and found her still prostrated but she ob- stinately maintained her innocence and denounced the sentence as iniquitous. , She and her husband will undoubtedly appeal to the court of cessation on the ground of technical irregularities. If successful in their appeal, which prom inent legal authorities think will proba- bly, be the case they will be retried before another .assize court, possibly at Versailles.
 Emile and Romain d'Aurignac will mot appeal, as owing to the time they have spent in prison awaiting trial the | period of release on a ticket of leave will arrive before a rehearing ecould possibly take place. The defending counsel are greatly disappointed at the result of the trial. Maitre Labori re fused to be interviewed, but his col league, Maitre Clunet, expressed his opinion that but for the i'll timed and l futile revelations of Mime. Humbert 3 general acquittal would have been pos 1 A1o ,n1 the person who did most to secure the conviction of the prisoners was Mime Therese herself because her rambling statements irritated the jurymen. The l foreman of the jury declares there was l no difference of opinion concerning the guilt of Mime. Therese and her bus band.
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