Photographic postcard of the French Judge Paul Magnaud posed in legal attire, with medals on his chest.
Alternative Title:
Président Magnaud, Photographic postcard of Judge Paul Magnaud, and Legally themed postcard picturing Judge Paul Magnaud
Description:
Date from postmark., Postcard addressed to "Mademoiselle Marthe Petit."--Verso postcard., In French., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281726, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.10 tall., Online resource; description based on print version record. , Includes manuscript notation., and Paul Magnaud (born May 20, 1848 and died July 27, 1926) was a French magistrate and politician. He entered the judiciary in 1880 and became a judge in 1910 and then an adviser to the Paris Court of Appeal. He earned the nickname "good judge" by releasing Louise Ménard, a young single mother, who had stolen bread from a baker because she had not eaten for days. Judge Magnaud reimbursed the baker for the cost of the stolen bread.
