Tale of Two Cities

Tale of Two Cities Wealthy Aristocrat Stands Trial for Treason. Charles Darnay stands trial for the high crime of treason today at the Old Bailey Courthouse. Darnay is suspected of being a spy for the French monarchy, under direct orders from King Louis XVI. The Crown has accused Darnay of divulging top secret information regarding the war in the colonies. John Barsad, an agent of the Crown, is set to testify on behalf of the British Attorney-General. Darnay acquitted of crimes of treason.

Charles Darnay, the French expatriate recently accused of spying on behalf of Louis XVI, has been cleared of all charges of treason. Darnay's attorney, Mr. Stryver and his associate Sydney Carton discredited two key Crown witnesses: John Barsad and Roger Cly as being untrustworthy. Stryver and Carton demonstrated that the eye witness identification of Darnay might have been spurious, based on an uncanny resemblance between Carton and Darnay himself.

Although defense witness Lucie Manette recalled Darney having compared George Washington to King George III, the jury voted to acquit after a brief period of deliberation. 3. Marquis Evremonde runs over, kills child. Hurrying on his way home from a reception held by the Monseigneur, Marquis Evremonde's carriage ran over and killed a young boy while his bereft father looked on. Witnesses say that the Monseigneur, apparently unconcerned for the boy's well being, threw some coins at Gaspard, the grieving father.

Astonished onlookers like wine shop owner Lafarge rushed over to Gaspard in an attempt to comfort him. 4. Marquis Evremonde murdered in his home. Marquis Evremonde, notorious Parisian aristocrat, was found stabbed to death in his chateau yesterday morning. A knife had been driven into the man's breast. Attached to the murder weapon was attached a note reading simply "Drive him fast to his tomb." The words, which might have hinted at Evremonde's recent running over of a young plebian child, were signed "Jacques," a trademark generic name of the rebellion.

Police have yet to hint at any leads, but suspicions grow that the killer might be part of the budding peasant-led revolutionary movement. 5. French heir marries doctor's daughter. Charles Darnay, heir to the Evremonde fortune and nephew of the recently deceased Marquis Evremonde, married Lucie Manette, the daughter of a prominent doctor. Mlle. Manette was seen with Darnay when the latter was on trial in England for crimes of high treason. Darnay is apparently a sympathizer with the peasant rebels, in spite of his aristocratic birth.

Doctor Manette had spent years in prison at the Bastille. 6. Bastille stormed! Marking the culmination of years of dissent and discontent among the French peasantry, throngs of French citizens stormed the Bastille today. Defarge, Parisian wine shop owner, was one of.