BREVET DE CLÉMENCE signed with the claw of King CHARLES X, countersigned by Count PORTALIS for a sentence of 6 years in irons for the crime of theft, of François GONNON, Soldier in the 10th Regiment of Line Infantry, detained at MEZIÈRES. Given at the Château des Tuileries on February 11, 1829. Vellum (43.5 x 57 cm) with engraved header. Joseph, Comte PORTALIS (1778-1858), was Keeper of the Seals under Charles X.

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