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Anecdote of Sartine Intercepting a Bourdeaux Merchant
An 1810 account from D Colquhoun's Treatise.on the Police relates a Bourdeaux merchant visiting Paris who is halted by a polite messenger claiming to serve Monsieur de Sartine. Sartine tests the man with a courage question, then warns of a planned robbery that night and instructs where to hide an alarm. The tale illustrates intelligence and intercession at the Paris police court.
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D. Colquhoun
London
France
Marpstone
Bourdeaux
Paris
Monsieur de Sartine
Monsieur ‘de Sartine
Lodge
Monsieuri de Sartine