Edmond Benoît
Edmond Benoît | |
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Edmont Benoit's 'The dream of the president' caricature in Le Père Peinard (6 September 1891) | |
| Born | 20 April 1843 |
| Died | 27 June 1909 (aged 66) Paris |
| Era | Ère des attentats - Belle Époque |
| Employer | French state |
| Known for | Sentencing the victims of police brutality during the Clichy affair to harsh prison terms |
Edmond Benoît or Édouard Benoît, born on 20 April 1843 in La Baule-Escoublac and died on 27 June 1909 in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, was a magistrate, judge, and president of the Court of Appeal of Paris.
He is primarily known for his handling of the Clichy affair, where he failed to prosecute police officers responsible for violence and instead sentenced the anarchist victims to harsh penalties. This treatment sparked the beginning of a period the public dubbed the Ère des attentats (1892-1894), when, in an act of vengeance, anarchist militants Ravachol, Soubère, Jas-Béala, and Simon united to target his home in the Saint-Germain bombing.
He died in Paris in 1909.