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26 unusual facts about revolutionary Tribunal


Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine

Sent to Paris to justify himself, he was found guilty by the Revolutionary Tribunal of having intrigued with the enemies of the Republic, and guillotined on 28 August 1793.

André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat

He escaped the Revolutionary Tribunal thanks to the government's reliance on his credit in order to finance its operations.

Antoine de Sartine

His son Charles Marie Antoine de Sartine, born in 1760, who was maître des requêtes from the age of 20 until 1791 and chose to stay in France, was arrested in 1794, sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal, and guillotined on June 17 of that year along with his 19-year-old wife and his mother-in-law the comtesse de Sainte-Amaranthe.

Antoine-François Momoro

The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned Momoro to death, and he loudly replied "You accuse me, who have given everything for the Revolution!" He was guillotined with Hébert, Ronsin, Vincent and other leading Hébertistes the following afternoon, 4 Germinal, Year II (24 March 1794).

Armand de Kersaint

He was arrested on 23 September at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, and taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal, where he was accused of having conspired for the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy, and of having insulted national representation by resigning his position in the Convention.

Charles-Louis Antiboul

On 30 October 1793 he was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed the following day.

Claude Basire

Although his involvement seems only to have failed to reveal the plot – of which he knew only part – he was nonetheless accused before the Revolutionary Tribunal at the same time as Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins.

Committee of General Security

The Committee supervised the local police committees in charge of investigating reports of treason, and was one of the agencies with authority to refer suspects to the Revolutionary Tribunal with authority to execute by guillotine.

Dantons Tod

Two scenes before the Revolutionary Tribunal are separated by one with Danton and Camille in prison.

Étienne Clavière

He remained in prison until 8 December, when, on receiving notice that he was to appear on the next day before the Revolutionary Tribunal, he committed suicide.

François Chabot

Compromised both in the falsification of the decree suppressing the East India Company and in the plot to bribe certain members of the Convention, Chabot was arrested and brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal.

François René Mallarmé

The most heinous example is when he ordered the execution of the sentence of death decreed by the Revolutionary Tribunal on some young girls at Verdun who had offered flowers to the Prussia soldiers when they entered the town.

Guillotine

Most of the democratic reforms of the revolution were suspended and the Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced thousands to the guillotine.

James O'Moran

He was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris under the Reign of Terror and it condemned him to the guillotine for treason "in opposing plans at the moment of their execution".

Jean Marguerite Bachelier

Arrested with the other members of the committee, they stood trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris between October and December 1794.

Jean-Baptiste Carrier

In the following year he took part in establishing the Revolutionary Tribunal in Nantes.

Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet

He was instrumental in the establishment of the Revolutionary Tribunal, and contributed to the downfall of the Girondists before the start of the (after a conflict over the Tribunal's radical character).

Jean-Jacques Bréard

He authorized the formation of a Revolutionary Tribunal during the beginning of the Terror, despite Saint André’s opposition.

Jean-Michel Beysser

He appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris and was condemned to death by it on 24 March 1794 (4 germinal year II), as an accomplice of Jacques-René Hébert, Charles Philippe Ronsin, François -Nicolas Vincent, Mazuel, Antoine-François Momoro (all already condemned) in trying to dissolve the national representative assembly and put a tyrant in place over the state.

Law of 22 Prairial

It extended the reach of the Revolutionary Tribunal, and limited the ability of the accused to defend themselves, broadening the scope of those who might be brought within the purview of revolutionary justice.

The penalty for all offences under the jurisdiction of the Revolutionary Tribunal was death.

Marie-Madeleine d'Houet

Her parents, to whom she was close, were devout Catholics, and when the French Revolution broke out her father was imprisoned by the local Revolutionary Tribunal.

Otilio Montaño Sánchez

A "Revolutionary Tribunal" was formed and Palafox and Soto presented evidence which was for the most part circumstantial.

Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai

His efforts were primarily directed to the prevention of any new gathering of powers by the Jacobin Club, the Commune, and the Revolutionary Tribunal.

Pierre-Antoine Antonelle

After returning to Paris, Antonelle became president of the Jacobin Club and became a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

The Gods Are Athirst

Fiercely Jacobin, Marat and Robespierre's most faithful adherent, Évariste Gamelin soon becomes a juror on the Revolutionary Tribunal.