... Vous avez la parole, expliquez-vous, vous êtes libre!
Title (alt.):
Speak up.... you are free to express yourself!. Caricature
Description:
Following the massacre of Rue Transnonain on 13-14 April 1834, a total of 121 legal cases was launched against the participating revolutionaries. Because of the political bias of the legal system, most of the defendants did not participate in the hearings, which they considered to be a legal farce. In the end 9 defendants were acquitted, 28 had escaped in time, and the rest was either deported or sentenced to 2 to 20 years of prison. This print shows the prostituted judges serving the system. In total, 164 judges were facing 121 prisoners. The room at the Palais des Justice was too small to accommodate the event, so a special Tribune was erected in the Jardin du Luxembourg to hold all the judges and their prisoners. The dimension of the court hearings of April 1834 reached monstrous dimensions. 2,000 citizens had been arrested, 4,000 witnesses were called, 17,000 dossiers established, and 164 revolutionaries were indicted.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
Published in: La Caricature, May 14, 1834
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
