Pierre Jaccoud

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Pierre Jaccoud

Pierre Jaccoud (born November 24, 1905 in Geneva ; † July 4, 1996 ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician ( FDP ) and possibly a victim of a miscarriage of justice .

biography

Jaccoud was a well-known lawyer in Geneva. He had initially joined his father's office as a salaried attorney and later became a partner of the law firm before taking it over. He was President of the Geneva Bar Association in 1953 and 1954 . Among other things, he represented Aly Khan as a divorce lawyer during his divorce from Rita Hayworth and was an attorney for numerous Swiss and foreign companies in Geneva. From 1936 to 1958 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva .

Jaccoud was found guilty of manslaughter of agricultural machinery dealer Charles Zumbach in a controversial and sensational murder trial ( Affair Jaccoud ) in connection with a love affair with Linda Baud, a secretary of the Geneva radio station, and possibly the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

He was married and had two daughters and a son.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L'affaire Jaccoud, le procès du siècle à Genève.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Tribune de Genève . April 24, 1999.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archives.tdg.ch  
  2. ^ Pierre Jaccoud: condamné au bénéfice du doute. In: Tribune de Genève. August 12, 2009.
  3. L'Affaire Poupette. In: Time . February 1, 1960.
  4. Obituary.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Journal de Genève . July 11, 1996.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.letempsarchives.ch  
  5. Jürgen Thorwald : The hour of the detectives. Becomes and worlds of criminology. Droemer Knaur, Zurich and Munich 1966, pp. 208–264.
  6. Gerhard Mauz : A murder, a button, and Calvin's ghost . In: Der Spiegel . No. 14 , 1965, p. 119 ( online ).