Calvados - Murder of M. Péchard (Jeweller). Caen, Boisard 1858. In-8° paperback, 188 pp. Account of the June 1858 trial for the murder of jeweler Jules Péchard, killed during the robbery of his jewelry shop on rue Guillaume-le-Conquérant, on the night of August 29-30, 1857. A case that was highly publicized at the time. Accused: Gugenheim dit Mayer, A. Coudurier, Mender dit Graft, Emile Bloch, J. Lambert, Jean Laurent dit Auguste, Israël May ou Maire, B. Meyer, Salomon and Maurice Ulmo, Pauline Blum, Marie Milice, Marguerite Chatelain, Mad. Munder, Ch. Gaul, Anette Bloch, femme Lambert, Louis and Sara Meyer. Uncommon. Good condition.

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