Secretarial copy of a mémoire concerning the attack on Decroze, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.30 January 1761

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CMV35485

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Lambert-David.IIIDecroze.2MsDecroze.8.Nouveau mémoire M. Decroze et procuration, c.30 jan. 1761

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Secretarial copy of a mémoire concerning the attack on Decroze, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.30 January 1761

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Voltaire: Author, Editor

Incipit Diplomatic:

Je requiers que le procez verbal du souflet donné par le Curé de moëns ancian, au st. Vuaillet fils, soits présenté aux juges comme une preuve des violences ordinaires de ce Cure

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Brief Summary:

Secretarial copy of a mémoire concerning the attack on Decroze, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.30 January 1761.

Detailed Summary:

The memoire is a series of requests set out by Ambroise Decroze for Jean Charles Girod. It begins by requesting that the minutes of the assault on Sr Vuaillet by Ancian be presented to the judges as proof of the violence typical of him. It also requests that one of the attackers, Benoit Brochut, should be added to the trial as he had given a confession before witnesses and signed it with his mark. Decroze also requests that the declaration of Gabriel Puet, made in the presence of witnesses be considered, and that a summons be given to Françoise Terron of Crelly who can testify that he was ordered to beat Decroze’s son with a stick. He notes that his lawyers have suggested that these pieces of evidence are favourable to his case. Decroze then requests that his daughter be heard under oath, as she was refused confession until she abandonned the cause of her brother. He demands that the Jesuit who refused her confession shouls also be heard under oath so that he might confess. He ends by saying that he will feel abandoned and betrayed by the world and delivered up to his persecutor if he is denied any of the above requests, begging Girod to assist his case.

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2 ff.

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388 x 234 mm

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The paper is watermarked with an elaborate and decorative ‘V’.

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Unbound

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Beneath the title ‘Nouveau mémoire Pr. De Croze avec sa prouration’, Voltaire has added the words ‘au sr girod’ and ‘inutile’ on f.2v. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected and omitted text superscript.

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c.30 January 1761

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024