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1843-10-23

Port-au-Prince. The special council and the council of review try the accomplices of Dalzon.

Haitian

The citizens held to be accomplices of Dalzon and imprisoned had appeared on 23 October before the special council of the jurisdiction of Port-Républicain, presided over by colonel Février; the military prosecutor was captain B. Carrié. They were twenty-two in number, among others: Pierre Mercure, Dorval Mercure, Milfort Montalet, Vil Lubin, Siméon Lamitié, Séïde Valentin, Marcellus Hippolyte, Pierre Montalet, Dalcé Bazile, Joseph Mathurin, and others. Their counsel were maîtres Joseph Lespinasse, Dumai Lespinasse, the deputy Laborde, Laporte, Mullery, Vilson and Lagredon.

The special council found three of the accused guilty of complicity: Jean-Pierre Mercure, his son, and Milfort Montalet. It condemned them to the capital penalty, and inflicted three years of imprisonment on twelve of the accused as guilty of misprision. Vil Lubin, Siméon Lamitié, Séïde Valentin, Marcellus Hippolyte, Pierre Montalet and Dolcé Bazile were declared not guilty and discharged of the accusation.(aj)

Jean-Pierre Mercure, Dorval Mercure and Milfort Montalet appealed for review. Their counsel, maîtres Joseph Lespinasse, Dumai Lespinasse and Mullery, argued the appeal on 1 November before the council of review over which general Geffrard presided. The judgment of condemnation was declared null by a ruling of the council.

Source  ·  p. 55 Thomas Madiou, Histoire d’Haïti, vol. VIII, p. 55