Year: 1870

his breast and looked up lie shook MS nhger wnn-
ingly nj the opposing advocate, and waved his hands


bengnantly over the judge and the Jury In short,


he treated to real scene, and woke us all up ont


ne d n fac a wben Ie @ out of the
court he went up to an old lawyer and said Wen
Sir, and what did yOn think of my pleadingW All,


f S M Te % that


way with the jury. They will call il theatrical


You had better leave those gestures to the actors"


The person who heard this and told it to me- said,


what can well believe that the young man turned


away quite chopfalen, and his manner in the Court


for the remaining time was very much less cocksure


The advocates for the civil suit Messrs. FlOquet and


Laurier. were very different men. They certainly


managed their case remarkably well, and made


deep impression by their Oratory no less than by


their arguments. / was myself more pleased with


Floquet, and thought he showed more tact. than


Laurier who three times brought down upon himself
the reprimand of the judge once when he said that


tOnylelle and NOir thought that they were going to


the house of Bonaparte and not of Borga; again,


when he ne SPOKE Of the d mob % of
that if victor % Ncir had received at the hands
the prisoner of the immortality of infamy.
The Judge was very angry at this, and blew away at
him II ne STYLE but A. LGsG w had made pont
much in their personal appearance. Floquet has an
immense head of crinkled black hair with a pair of
whskers to match, and set in this frame q, remark
able face, large firm mouth eyes deep sunk, with
peering look under hanging brows, and a fine we'll
shaped nose. His manner is at once cool and eager,
impetuous and restrained. He is, as you know, an
elections. l heard him speak at so-called private
meeting of electors. Laurier looks like a West
not much hair and what there is is reddish gray.
His eyes are small and his nose aggressive and hu-
morous He is good at fight and good after dinner;
he has queer prOtruding lips, and when most in ear
nest pushes his words out in a deep mufiled voice
that penerates everywhere. His invective against
Bonaparte was all the more terrible that it was the
tor Noir, whom he knew well. and whom
he described as being like Newfonndland
dog for his gentleness, his kindness, his fidelity and
have Pierre Bonaparte. Oh! For this one it is not
necessary to seek resemblance outside the human
species His characteristic is not the genteness of
the dog Wherever he has passed, since he was 20
years old, he has left blood track. Murderer at
liayti murderer at Canine murderer at Corfu rebel
Nous % yStr Of kd3 and am 5 the
reach this house at Auteui, where the crack of the
pistol and the noise of arms were every day sounds
They enter this accursed and tragic dwelling They
mount the staircase at 2 o'clock; they traverse a
shooting gallery. A door opens. Pistol shots are
heard No one strs in that house at the sound they
stairs with pistolball in his heart Not one of the
servants look to see what is the matter. They are
habituated to quarrels, and blows This man falls
helps to raise him. And all this passes at the house
of prince of the French boodrOya at the house of
a Bonaparte One is tempted to ask whether we are



being in the house of Bonaparte, this did not pass
in the house of B0rgiaV
strong as was his opponent, think there can be no
doubt that his speech did more harm than good to
his cause, because of unnecessary coloring OF politics.
which he infused into it. For he ought not to
have forgotten-if indeed he did fOrget-that he
was talking to hall packed with imperialist
citizens of one of the most imperiast town ,,!sl IN
.'fy uIassed py their position Counsel ors General
in favor of the Empire, and Judge who took no


l. var
he knew well enough what he was about, and feellng
that speak he might, the case was settled IN ad-
vance he spoke for Paris and the Republicans not Tor


believe have spoken of the Judge; call him
bluntly an iniquitous old man.. No wonder the great
Christ behind him hung his head on his cross; A |
great crucifx is Ostentatiously set up IN all these
French halls of justice, to make us think, sup !
pose of that model hall of justice they copy SO well
knew would suit the Iuileries of his day NO won
der the Christ at Tours hung his head to hear @ tnls
brow beating the witnesses, hectOrng the advocate
insrucing the jury TO act directly In the race OF
evidence, or to put 1t more aDsoutey aI 81
that there was no doubt, and, finally treating the
Prince as if he were Prince and not murderer. Ii
you think am writing IN neat, read M whae 'ns Ell
glsh press says on the subject, read the sad adms
sions of even the moderate French press say that
Judge GIauday is an iniquitous judge, and II were
nv condemnation would not take the useless
trouble of attempting my defense AS some one SAID
yesterday to me, If Iwere accused by the Goyern-
ment of having stolen the column in the Place Fen
dome would Mt wait to be tried, but would run
away to England, and, once safe in Land that JUS
tice has MT quite deserted, would declare that
been stolen. But, in France, the Goyernment
could buy, witnesses at so much "a dozen dozen
had really stolen itb Judge Gauday is rather q
pleasant faced old man. and seemed not incapable OF
being made ashamed of his unfair dealing, but
Grandperret, the Procureur-Gensral had no reient.
ing i'm his composition. Ii was well remarked tlat
he looked the model of Grand lnquisitor. he is
good-looking man, and his way OF speaking Is aigh
fed graceful and calculated to convince But he ls
a man. should say, utterly without heart 90 not
mean to do him injustice, but believe ne could look
and see victim tortured without Winking: LoId %
Bacon did and Grandpeuet made one think OF LORD
Bacon with his magnificent air and his COOL sfrewd
look His argument against the prisoner was, during
the first OF II an aafo anu
and against the witnesses for their side The feeling
in the audience was one OF doubt, OF suspense, Oh
me this is the defense, not the accusationw And,
certainly, it was true. The prisoner seemed more
than satisfied his face took pleased expression and
the end Grandperret changed, and began to show
that, all the facts charged by the prisoner
admitted it still remained that rhne ne was was
not in a state of legitimate defense. lhen, you
should have seen the prisoners manner change. lie
fretted and fumed. and roughly interrupted Grand
perret, who, cool as cucumber TOOK no no n9'iGe; a
VIII lie the Princes advocates both stood up and dd
their best as many time before to Keep MN quiet


But one sided and unfair as could not help seeing
GTandperrets ts pleading to be, il was evident enough
That he is an able man. and if the prisoner had not


been Prince and he, the Procure9r an aspirant for
honors. he might easily have brought upon his head
q different verdict.


AS for the witnesses, there was never, perhaps,
stranger lot. Those who sympathized az did with
Victor Nor and his family, must have felt that TO
BETRAYED by NJ PaschalGrousset and N. de Fonvlelle


TO saw nothing of Dr. Pners fainting and hesitation


was greatly due the failure Of the night When


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