Marie LaFarge


 
 
Marie LaFarge

Marie-Fortun?e LaFarge, n?e Capelle (January 15, 1816 - November 7, 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. Her case became notable because it was one of the first trials to be followed by the public through daily newspaper reports as well as the first person convicted largely on direct forensic toxicological evidence. However, questions about her guilt had divided French society to the extent that it is often compared to the better-known Dreyfus affair.

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Madame Marie Lafarge Nee Cappelle at the Time of Her Trial in July 1840
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Introduction
Early Life
Charles LaFarge
Disillusionment
"Parisian Illness"
Suspicions of Murder
Arrest and Trial
Conviction and Controversy
Aftermath
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