Fernand Labori

Fernand Gustave Gaston Labori
The assassination attempt on Fernand Labori on the front page of Le Petit Journal
Born(1860-04-18)18 April 1860
Reims, France
Died14 March 1917(1917-03-14) (aged 56)
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
OccupationLawyer
SpouseMarguerite de Pachmann
RelativesPrince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (son-in-law)

Fernand-Gustave-Gaston Labori (April 18, 1860 – March 14, 1917) was a French attorney. He was born in Reims and educated at the Faculty of Law of Paris. In his professional life he defended the accused in some of the most prominent political cases of his day. Among his noted clients was Alfred Dreyfus whose acquittal on the charge of treason he was unable to secure at his 1899 trial, but Dreyfus was eventually pardoned by the French President and rehabilitated at the end of the long Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).

Labori was elected second secrétaire de Conférence du barreau de Paris and he was the defence counsel for:

His speeches were regarded as masterpieces of forensic eloquence.[citation needed]

Assassination attempt

During the Dreyfus trial, Labori was the victim of an assassination attempt which hospitalized him for a week. The assailant was never identified.

Death

He is buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery.

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