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Unconsciously all eyes were turned to the ministerial box, as if hoping to encounter the pale, confused face of the all-powerful judge, who had himself been judged, but only the substitute of the procureur was seen Benedetto now entered.— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
In January 1880, M. de Freycinet, then, as now, a Minister, loudly called for a 'reform of the personnel of the Administration; and M. Gabriel Charmes, speaking of the then situation in France, tells us that only one prefect of the previous Republican Administration had escaped 'purification,' and not one procureur-general.— France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
After awhile, light, though as yet dim and uncertain, broke in upon his filial task About ten days after the conviction of Delessert, Pierre Nadaud called upon M. Huguet, the procureur-général of Strasbourg.— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852
M. Sibour, Archbishop of Paris swore;[1] M. Frank Carrι, procureur-general to the Court of Peers in the affair of Boulogne, swore;[2] M. Dupin, President of the National Assembly on the 2nd of December, swore[3]--O, my God!— Napoleon the Little
He assisted in a secondary way in the revolution of 1830, and obtained the appointment of procureur-général in Corsica under the government of Louis Philippe; but was dismissed for his attack upon the conservatism of the government, in his Histoire de la révolution de 1830_.— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"

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