Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 3/8 : Recueil des événements les plus tragiques;...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Champagnac, J.-B.-J. (Jean-Baptiste-Joseph), 1796-1858.

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 3/8" by J.-B.-J. Champagnac is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This publication chronicles a series of tragic events, including poisonings, murders, and other crimes that have occurred in France throughout its history. The narrative focuses on the themes of justice and the often tragic outcomes related to judicial errors, highlighting the impact on both the victims and their families. The opening of this volume presents a deeply unsettling case regarding Hirtzel Lévy, a Jewish man wrongfully accused of robbery and murder. The narrative describes how, despite his insistence on his innocence and the presentation of evidence supporting his alibi, Lévy, along with two others, faced brutal torture and execution following a hasty judicial process. This historical account illustrates not only the failings of justice but also the societal prejudices that influenced the outcome, setting a grim tone for the exploration of other notable and tragic judicial cases that follow in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Clarity, Isabelle Kozsuch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 63.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2014-11-14