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1829. June 15.

spot was then chosen, and the combatants had just taken
off their coats to begin, when some gendarmes made
their appearance (having, by a strange chance, come to
the ground to make some search, in consequence of
an infanticide which had been committed in the
neighbourhood on the previous evening). The combatants
were separated by the gendarmes, who
requested them to retire, ad it was their orders to
act in this manner whenever they met any duellists.
The parties went away from the spot, but it was agreed
that they should proceed to another place at some distance.
After walking about two hours, they stopped
under the dry arch of a bridge near Garenne, and
it was determined that the duel should be fought
there. The two combatants immediately took off their
coats, and were making necessary arrangements. M.
Dumoulin (according to a custom of his own) tied the
hilt of his sword round his wrist with a handkerchief,
and everything was nearly ready. M. Barryer
not being so quick as the other, a delay took place, but,
after a short interval, all the preliminaries being gone
through, "the fatal moment" had arrived, when the same
gendarmes again made their appearance. They, no
doubt, had followed the combatants by order of the Juge
d'Instruction, who accompanied them, for the purpose of
inquiring into the infanticide. On this occasion they
were not content with separating the parties, but
they deprived them of their swords. It was then determined
that they should go back to Paris for other swords,
and they returned for that purpose. The reasons party
which consisted of six persons, had now been out about
four hours and a half, during which they were, of course,
in the greatest anxiety, and each was extremely fatigued.
On the way back to Paris it was remarked
that M. Berryer seemed overcome with grief;
he became pale and agitated, and tears ran from
his

Identifier: | JB/016/247/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Date_1	1829-06-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	016	Main Headings	law amendment
Folio number	247	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e3
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1829
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
Notes public		ID Number	6054
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