THE CAILLAUX TRIAL.
A PERSONAL TRIAL. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press 'Association.] Paris, July 29. The extraordinary procedure at the trial continued till the end. M. Chenu closed by alluding to the European situation, saying that France must rid herself of corrosive influences. Mr Labori’s emotional appeal declared that Madame Caillaux was under the dominating influence of subconscious impulse. He concluded; “Let us keep our anger for our enemies outside our gates, and march as one man against threatening dangers.” The Public Prosecutor asked for a verdict of guilty under extenuating circumstances. The jury was away for fifty minutes. The verdict was loudly cheered. Madame Caillaux was brought in, and when told the verdict she fainted into M. Labori’s anus. Several fights occurred among the barristers, one crying, “Assassin!” as Madame Caillaux left the Court. The verdict is regarded as a. personal triumph for M. Caillaux. There were demonstrations on the boulevards, and many collisions, numbers of the demonstrators and police being injured. I
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 84, 30 July 1914, Page 5
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