Henri Robert
Henri Robert (born September 4, 1863 in Paris , † May 12, 1936 in Paris) was one of the most famous French defense lawyers in his day .
Robert was admitted to the bar in 1885 and soon made a name for himself through his pleadings in famous criminal trials such as the sensational Gouffé affair (about which Joachim Maass wrote a well-known novel "The Gouffé Case" in 1952), in which he defended Gabrielle Bompart: The Parisian Businessman Gouffé was strangled in 1889 by Eyraud and his "decoy" Bompart during a shepherd's hour. Robert convinced the jury that Bompart had been under hypnosis. She got away with it when she was 20 - Eyraud was executed. His legendary speaker talent gave him the nickname "Maître des maîtres de tous les barreaux". Another famous client of Roberts was serial killer Jeanne Weber . After the First World War he only represented civil cases and wrote books on historical subjects, often with a legal note (including “Les Grands Procès de l'Histoire”, “Marie Stuart”, “Henri VIII”, “Catherine de Médici”, “Cinq -Mars "," Fouquet "," Marie-Antoinette "," Camille Desmoulins "," Le Duc d'Enghien ").
Robert was elected chairman of the Paris Bar Association in 1913 ( Bâtonnier du barreau de Paris, he held this post until 1919) and in 1923 he was admitted to the Académie Française .
His daughter married the future Prime Minister Paul Reynaud .
Web links
- Website with famous French lawyers
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Remarks
- ↑ he hung around in courts and "collected" debts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th September 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1936 |
| Place of death | Paris |