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Consequently, after hearing the public prosecutor’s closing argument, and given the laws cited by him, the Court condemns Carrier and his accomplices to the death penalty, and orders that at the request, pursuit and diligence of the public prosecutor, the execution be set in 24 hours, at la Place de Grève , and that the judgement should be publicized and posted anywhere necessary.

Carrier’s last remarks before the end of the debate. At the beginning of this session Carrier took the floor and begged the president to call back a witness heard in the session of the day before who could give precise clarifications to the court about the brigands on horseback that had been mentioned. I have other clarifications to give to the court, [illegible] Carrier, because based on the dire facts that were stated, there are no circumstances which I can keep quiet, no accommodations I can make, as I had promised myself I would. Yes, Carrier continued, I received orders, orders from my superiors, to strike with force, and if the Nantais people were honest, they would have testified that they had seen me many times, with tears in my eyes, without being able to understand the motive behind them. After this confession I pray the citizen judges and jury people to reiterate the questioning on issues they believe to be correct, and let me, in support of my response, show the signed orders that imperatively guided my behavior: based on the facts that will be given, it will be up to the court’s wisdom to decide the conduct it must hold. We listen then to a statement by Lebatteu, prisoner at the la Conciergerie . It remained unquestionable that this criminal committed atrocities that outraged nature in the department of Morbihan , where he went with an army force of 700 men, in virtue of the unlimited orders given to him by Carrier. Infraction, pillaging, assassinations, are the main crimes committed by this criminal, who pushed the crime to the point of having a grave in a cemetery be opened, so he could bury people alive. Upon hearing this horrific story the audience shivered with outrage. The accused had promised to reveal everything, but he did not keep his word.