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Word: procureur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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Died. Constant Victor André Mornet, 85, Procureur Général of France, prosecutor in the trials of Dutch dancing-girl-turned-spy Mata Hari (1917), Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval (1945); in Nohant-Vic, France. Called by his government to prosecute Pétain, Mornet summed up in a stormy five-hour speech, concluded: "I would not be doing my duty if I did not insist on the capital penalty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 1, 1955 | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

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