(Report
by Cambon, Frimaire 6, year II.) "Citoyenne (madame) Deguerrois,
having come to procure the release of her husband, a public
functionary demanded of her ten thousand livres, which he reduced to
six thousand for doing what she desired." - "One document attests that
Massey paid two thousand livres, and widow Delaporte six hundred
livres, to get out of prison."
[119] Mallet-Dupan, "First letter to a Genoa merchant," (March I,
1796), pp.33-35. "One of the wonders of the reign of Terror is the
slight attention given to the trafficking in life and death,
characteristic of terrorism. . . . We scarcely find a word on the
countless bargains through which 'suspect' citizens bought themselves
out of captivity, and imprisoned citizens bought off the guillotine.
. . . Dungeons and executions were as much matters of trade as the
purchase of cattle at a fair." This traffic "was carried on in all the
towns, bourgs and departments surrendered to the Convention and
Revolutionary Committees." . . . . "It has been established since
the 10th of August." "I will only cite among a multitude of instances
the unfortunate Duc du Ch?telet: never did anybody pay more for his
execution!" - Wallon, "Histoire du Tribunal Revolutionnaire de Paris,"
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