Joseph Fernex (died 14 February 1795) was a judge in the

Revolutionary Tribunal The Revolutionary Tribunal (french: Tribunal révolutionnaire; unofficially Popular Tribunal) was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It eventually became one of the ...

s during the French Revolution. A silk weaver from

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, close to

Joseph Chalier Joseph Chalier (1747 – 1793) was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician who was active in Lyon. Chalier was born in Beaulard, Susa Valley, Piedmont. As a young man, Chalier's family hoped he would take a career in the church. But instead ...

, he was one of fived judges appointed in Lyon following the victory of the revolutionary armies. He later served as a judge in

Orange, Vaucluse Orange (; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Aurenja'' or ''Aurenjo'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is ...

. He was killed during the

First White Terror The White Terror (french: Terreur Blanche) was a period during the French Revolution in 1795 when a wave of violent attacks swept across much of France. The victims of this violence were people identified as being associated with the Reign of T ...

in Lyon and his body thrown into the Rhone.Bruno Benoît, ''L'identité politique de Lyon, entre violences collectives et mémoire'', Pars, L'Harmattan, 1999, 239 pages, p. 43 .

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