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■was finished, the accused was intro- 

 duced by the guard, free and unfet- 

 tered, before the commission. He 

 %ras interrogated as to his name, 

 surname, age, place of birth, and 

 abode. In his answer, he stated, 

 that his name was Louis Antoine 

 Henry de Bourbon, duke d'Eng- 

 huien, aged 32 } ears ; that he was 

 born at Chantilly, near Paris, and 

 that he had left France in the year 

 1789. — After the president had 

 finished his interrogatories respect- 

 ing all the points contained in the 

 accusation, and after the accused 

 had urged all that he could alledge 

 in his defence, the members were 

 next asked if they had any observa- 

 tions to offer on the subjeft? They 

 all replied in the negative, and the 

 accused was ordered to be taken 

 out of court, and conducted back 

 to the prison. The officer con- 

 ducting the prosecution, and the re- 

 gister, as well as the auditors, were 

 then ordered to withdraw by the 

 president. Tlie court deliberated 

 for some time, with closed doors, on 

 the respective charges as already 

 stated. The question was put by 

 the president on each of the charges 

 separately. Each of the members 

 in succession delivered his opinion. 

 The president was the last in deli- 

 vering his judgment. The result 

 was, that the court unanimously 

 found the prisoner guilty of all the 

 six charges. The next question 

 put was to the punishment to 

 be indicted. The question was 

 here again put in the same way as 

 before, and (he following was the 

 sentence of condemnation: — The 

 special military commission con- 

 demns Jinanimously to death Louis 

 Antoine Henry de Bourbon, duko 

 d'Knghuien, on the ground of his 

 being guilty of acting as a spy, of 

 CurrcspuuUuncu witli lh« cucinies uf 



the republic, and of conspiracy 

 against the external and internal se- 

 curity of the republic. — This sen- 

 tence is pronounced in conformity 

 to the second article, title four, of 

 the military code of offences and 

 punishments passed on the 11th of 

 January, in the year 5, and the se- 

 cond section of the first title of the 

 ordinary penal code, established on 

 the 6th of October, 1791, described 

 in the following terms: — Art. IL 

 (11th Jan. year 5). Every indivi- 

 dual, whatever be his state, quality, 

 or profession, convi(5ted of acting as 

 a spy for the enemy, sha^l be sen- 

 tenced to the punishment of death. 

 Art. L Every one engaged in a plot 

 or conspiracy against tJie rejniblic, 

 shall, on conviction, be punished 

 with death. — Art. II. (6th Octo- 

 ber, 1791). Every one conneftcd 

 with a plot or conspiracy tending to 

 disturb the tranquillity of the state, 

 by civil war, by arming one class of 

 citizens against the other, or against 

 the exercise of legitimate authority, 

 shall be punished with death. — Or- 

 ders were given to the officer who 

 conducted the accusation, to read 

 the above sentence to the prisoner, 

 in presence of the guard drawn up 

 under arms. It was at the sama 

 time ordered, that a copy of the sen- 

 tence should, as soon as was consis- 

 tent with the forms of law, be trans- 

 mitted, signed by the president and 

 the accuser, to the minister at war, 

 to the grand judge, minister of jus, 

 tiee, and the general in chief, govcr, 

 nor of l^aris. — Signed and sealed the 

 same day, month, and year, afore- 

 said, 



Guiton, Bazancourt, Ravicr, 



Banois, Kabbe, d'Autau- 



court, Captain Heporter; 



Molin, Captain Register ; 



and llulen, President. — 

 Muniicur. 



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