Those judges so steeped in formalities, so thirsty for the blood of the wretched prisoner, who would have the best of citizens hanged in order to hang a Cross from their own buttonholes ... I should remove myself from their power, from their insults in bad French, which the local newspaper will proceed to call eloquence.
Ces juges si formalistes, si acharnés après le pauvre accusé, qui feraient pendre le meilleur citoyen, pour accrocher la croix… Je me soustrairais à leur empire, à leurs injures en mauvais français, que le journal du département va appeler de l’éloquence…