M. Harriot, the French Prime .Minis.!cr, during his Inst visit to London, lour,cl some relief by prowling round the secondhand shops, for he is an indci'atigahle collector. in a shop in Conduit street lie came across the original indictment of Charlotte Corday. 'the document, curiously enough, chars up a disputable point. According to Chariot it’s biographer, the Norman •iudit'n, after the murder, passed the night in Marat's house owing to fears being entertained 'of (he fury of the populace ; but the ilouimcnl makes it clear that she was tr.m-.fH red to the prison of I/Ahhaye mi the day of the crime. ?d. ileiiiot luh p-esc-nted the document to the iiiuislrv of Fine Arts.
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Evening Star, Issue 18785, 8 November 1924, Page 12
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113Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 18785, 8 November 1924, Page 12
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