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Louis Edouard Lanier

 

Charge:

Embezzelment

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1911

Year Cleared:

1913

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Seychelles

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Louis Edouard Lanier was wrongly convicted on July 5, 1911 in the Seychelles. On November 5, 1913 the Privy Council in London quashed Hugo Levinger's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 5, 1913 the Privy Council in London quashed Hugo Levinger's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Louis Edouard Lanier v The King (Seychelles) [1913] UKPC 54 (5 November 1913)

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