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The Humbert Trial.

Ordre des avocats de Paris . Le Procès Humbert. 1903. 27x38cm.
For 17 years, Thérèse Humbert, whose father-in-law was a Minister of Justice and first presiding judge of the audit court, claimed she was awaiting a sizeable inheritance which was sure to be hers at the conclusion of an interminable lawsuit about the succession. She borrowed irresponsibly and frequented the cream of Parisian society. In 1902, the fraud was revealed: there was never any inheritance! The trial of ‘Grande Thérèse’ was keenly followed by all France, both scandalized and fascinated..

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