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He was put on trial in England, and the proceedings had a high profile. He was defended by Edwin John James and Henry Hawkins; and was acquitted, sensationally. He had opted for a completely English jury, and his defence council's rhetoric outweighed the summing-up of the judge, which tended towards a conviction. However, Bernard apparently was targeted by a female spy in the employ of the Second Empire, and made the error of revealing his French friends and contacts. These were subsequently rounded up and executed by the French government. Bernard, upon learning this, went insane. He died at the Brook House Lunatic Asylum in Upper Clapham, London on 25 November 1862.Frederic Boase, ''Modern English Biography''(1904), vol IV, col.380, Those who spoke at his funeral were Adolphe Talandier, Gustave Jourdain, Jacob Holyoake and
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Simon Francois 1817 births 1862 deaths People from Carcassonne French republicans French surgeons
Simon François Bernard (28 January 1817 in Carcassonne
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, France – 25 November 1862 in London) was a French surgeon and republican revolutionary. He is best known for his involvement in the 1858 plot of Felice Orsini
Felice Orsini (; ; 10 December 1819 – 13 March 1858) was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the '' Carbonari'' who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.
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Felice Orsini was born at Meldola in Romagna, th ...
to assassinate Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
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Bernard was a Fourierist.Margot C. Finn, ''After Chartism: Class and Nation in English Radical Politics 1848–1874'' (2004), p. 183Google Books
He was put on trial in England, and the proceedings had a high profile. He was defended by Edwin John James and Henry Hawkins; and was acquitted, sensationally. He had opted for a completely English jury, and his defence council's rhetoric outweighed the summing-up of the judge, which tended towards a conviction. However, Bernard apparently was targeted by a female spy in the employ of the Second Empire, and made the error of revealing his French friends and contacts. These were subsequently rounded up and executed by the French government. Bernard, upon learning this, went insane. He died at the Brook House Lunatic Asylum in Upper Clapham, London on 25 November 1862.Frederic Boase, ''Modern English Biography''(1904), vol IV, col.380, Those who spoke at his funeral were Adolphe Talandier, Gustave Jourdain, Jacob Holyoake and
Félix Pyat
Félix Pyat (4 October 1810 – 3 August 1889) was a French socialist journalist, playwright, politician and a leading figure of the Paris Commune.
Biography
He was born in Vierzon (Cher), to an upper middle-class family. His father had been a p ...
, all associated with the Philadelphes
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.Milorad M. Drachkovitch,, ''The Revolutionary Internationals, 1864–1943'' (1966), p. 44Google Books
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Simon Francois 1817 births 1862 deaths People from Carcassonne French republicans French surgeons