Michel Hébert (magistrate)

Biography

Michel Hébert made studies of right and was registered with the bar of Rouen in 1820. He pled there with some success. The Révolution of 1830 ensured to him a fast advance in the magistrature. It was named prosecutor of the king to the court of Rouen (1833), then placed at the head of the parquet floor of the royal court of Metz (May 19th 1834).

The June 21st 1834, it was elected appointed by the 6th college of the Eure (Pont-Audemer) (204 votes out of 381 voters and 475 incrits against 153 with Mr. Legendre). It took seat in the preserving majority, of which it was soon one of the most assiduous speakers. It made its beginnings with the platform in the discussions relating to the tobaccos and the bankruptcies, and especially announced as rapporteur of the law of the September 9th 1835 on the Courts of Assizes. The following year, it was in charge of the report/ratio of the law concerning the vote with the secret vote for the deliberations of the jurys.

Named, the September 19th 1836, prosecuting attorney with the Court of appeal, it was subjected to re-election and obtained the confirmation of its mandate the October 31st 1836. He was re-elected the November 4th 1837 (265 votes out of 482 voters and 590 registered voters). One noticed, in the discussion of the address, which it took party against the French intervention in Spain. It took an active part in the debates which caused, with the Room, the venality of the offices, courts civil, bankruptcies and bankruptcies, district courts, etc

Entered the coalition against the second ministry Mole, it voted against the amended address in January 1839. He was re-elected the March 2nd 1839 (267 votes out of 485 voters and 658 registered voters against 214 with Mr. Legendre) and continued to take seat among the Doctrinaires. In 1840, it took speaks it on the organization about the bankruptcy courts, the sales with the auction of the new goods, etc In 1841, it took a big part with the discussion of bill on the Travail of the children in manufactures, and spoke on the sales by order of the court about buildings, the recruitment of the army and the literary property and artistic.

Named, the October 16th 1841, public prosecutor at the court of Paris to replace Mr. Franck-Square, promoted First president in Rouen, it gave the proof of its devotion to the Crown in several businesses where it was indicated to support the charge in front of the Room of the pars: the vehemence of its language at the time of the lawsuits of Quénisset, Lecomte, Joseph Henry, was particularly noticed and indicated it with the repeated attacks of the democratic opposition.

Hébert was re-elected appointed the July 9th 1842 (336 votes out of 568 voters and 688 registered voters against 228 with Jacques Charles Dupont of the Eure), then the 1846 (421 votes out of 604 voters and 749 registered voters against 172 in Dupont of the Eure).

The March 14th 1847, it had to replace Nicolas Martin of North like Minister for Justice and of the Worships in the third ministry Soult and preserved this wallet in the ministry Guizot which succeeded to him, after having obtained the confirmation of its legislative mandate the April 10th 1847 (434 votes out of 463 voters and 749 registered voters). In the discussion of the address of 1848, it spoke against the right that allotted the opposition to meet in banquets in the authorization of the government and attracted, by its attitude, this apostrophe of Odilon Barrot: “Polignac and Peyronnet never made worse than you! ”

After the Revolution of 1848, Hébert, continued by a stop of evocation of the court of Paris, left France precipitately and took refuge in England. But it obtained a withdrawal of case, returned to France and re-registered at the bar of Paris until in 1854, time to which it returned completely in the private life.

It had belonged to the general advice of the Eure and was, since May 1st 1843, commander of the Légion of honor.

Sources

Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionary of the French Members of Parliament , Paris, Dourloton, 1889

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