228. (Deposition of
Widow Edin.) "La Persac, a nun ill and infirm, was ready to take the
oath. Nicolas, Vacheron's agent, assisted by several other persons,
dragged her out of bed and put her on a cart; from ninety to ninety-
four others were shot along with her."
[28] Berryat Saint-Prix, p. 161. The following are samples of these
warrants: "S. (shot), Germinal 13, Widow Menard, seventy-two years
old, an old aristocrat, liking nobody, habitually living by herself."
- Warrant of the Marseilles committee, Germinal 28, year II.,
condemning one Cousin?ri for having continually strayed off as if to
escape popular vengeance, to which he was liable on account of his
conduct and for having detested the Revolution." - Camille Boursier,
p.72, Flor?al 15, year II., execution of "Gerard, guilty of having
scorned to assist at the planting of a Liberty-pole, in the commune of
Vouille, Sep., 1792, and inducing several municipal officers to join
him in his insolent and liberticide contempt."
[29] Wallon, "Histoire du Tribunal R?volutionnaire de Paris, V., 145.
[30] Ibid., v., 109. (Deposition of Madame de Maill?.) - V., 189.
(Deposition of Lhullier.) - Cf. Campardon, in the same affairs.
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