in 1539.--B. J. and D.
9 Prostitutes were debarred from giving evidence in French
courts of law at this period.--D.
To conceal the murder, he caused the corpse of the hapless dead man to
be burnt, and the bones which were not consumed by the fire he caused to
be placed in some mortar in a part of his house where he was building.
Then he sent in all haste to the Court to sue for pardon, setting
forth that he had several times forbidden his house to a person whom he
suspected of plotting his wife's dishonour, and who, notwithstanding
his prohibition, had come by night to see her in a suspicious fashion;
whereupon, finding him in the act of entering her room, his anger had
got the better of his reason and he had killed him.
But before he was able to despatch his letter to the Chancellor's, the
Duke and Duchess had been apprised by the unhappy father of the matter,
and they sent a message to the Chancellor to prevent the granting of the
pardon. Finding he could not obtain it, the wretched man fled to England
with his wife and several of his relations.
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