FRENCH REVOLUTION / JUSTICE / CRIMINAL COURTS / ANGOULÊME / - Lot 86

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FRENCH REVOLUTION / JUSTICE / CRIMINAL COURTS / ANGOULÊME / - Lot 86
FRENCH REVOLUTION / JUSTICE / CRIMINAL COURTS / ANGOULÊME / CHARENTE. Law Concerning Criminal Courts. Enacted in Paris on January 18, 1791. Poster (48 x 39 cm) printed in Angoulême by Pierre & Jean-Baptiste Bargeas. Legislative document from the National Assembly organizing the establishment and immediate operations of the new criminal courts in the departments. The text specifies the procedures for the president, the public prosecutor, and the clerk to take the civic oath, governs the appointment of bailiffs, and provides a framework for the transition of ongoing criminal proceedings as well as the courts’ jurisdiction over the correctional police. Signed by Louis, countersigned by M. L. F. Du Port. Woodcut header featuring the constitutional royal coat of arms and a central typographic frieze. Minor damage along the edges.
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