Pierre-Louis ROEDERER (1754-1835) magistrate,... - Lot 164 - Rossini

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Pierre-Louis ROEDERER (1754-1835) magistrate,... - Lot 164 - Rossini
Pierre-Louis ROEDERER (1754-1835) magistrate, deputy of the Tiers de Metz to the Estates General, public prosecutor of Paris, State Counselor under the Empire. Autograph manuscript, February 27, 1792; 9 pages small in-4, with erasures and corrections. Important manuscript on the formation of the first court jury, the inviolability of the King's person, and the inscription of the princes in the list of jurors by virtue of the equality of the French before the law. Charged to form the list of the jurors of the department of Paris, Roederer justifies himself to have finished this operation only a few days ago. This delay comes from the fact that the room of the sessions of the criminal court will be available only on March 1 because of works; moreover the nomination of the jurors of accusation was delayed by the conflicts between the Directory and the Syndic of the District of Saint-Denis, the Municipality and the Prosecutor of the Commune of Paris, generated by the law of June 3, 1791, which the Assembly had to modify on the current 9... He then exposes the principles which guided him in the formation of the list: "I thought I had to choose the jurors among the probing and patriotic men of various characters, of various minds, of various habits, of various professions. [For example, I wanted to consecrate the brotherhood of men, whatever their religion, and I named Catholics, Protestants and Jews. I wanted to consecrate the brotherhood of colors, and I named the only man of color French citizen that I know ". Conscious that only spectacles could "subject to the revolution spirits that escape reasoning", he chose in the main theaters the most patriotic actors or entrepreneurs. Finally, he wanted to show that, in spite of the "denomination of prince re-established at the end of the Constituent Assembly, the equality between all the French begins at the first degrees of the throne". He also explains on the reasons which pushed him to name Louis-François-Joseph, French prince [the Duke of Orleans] to the number of the jurors of judgment: the princes must be judged like the other citizens; and they must be judged "by the French citizens, that is to say by their peers". Etc...
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