Contemporary copy of a memoire concerning the lack of justic received by Decroze after his arrival on 28 December 1761
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CMV35481
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Lambert-David.IIIDecroze.2MsDecroze.4.Déni de justice dont se pleins Croze, s.d.
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Contemporary copy of a memoire concerning the lack of justic received by Decroze after his arrival on 28 December 1761
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Le 31e Xbre le pere decroze
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a memoire concerning the lack of justic received by Decroze after his arrival on 28 December 1761.
Detailed Summary:
The memoire begins by noting that the father of Decroze brought his case to the Lieutenant on 31 December who called two witnesses that same day. The case was then passed to the public prosecutor of the King on 5 January for him to give his conclusions, but the prosecutor refused to take the case. Decroze’s father was was unhappy about this, saying that theft of a life was equitable to theft of property, and saying that he would issue a summons to the lieutenant which would oblige the public prosecutor of the King to give a verdict. He did this, but the prosecutor refused to take the case until 11 January, by which time the attackers had had time to flee to other countries.
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2 ff.
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240 x 180 mm
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The paper is watermarked with largely indistinguishable text. The final word appears to be ‘PEIDEC’.
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added a title to the MS in his own hand on f.1r: ‘Déni de justice dont se plaine croze’.
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c.January 1761
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