On this day, the French Government abolished the ancient law decreeing imprisonment for debt. In Paris, the ninety-seven inmates of the Clichy Debtors' Prison were promptly released. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Release of Prisoners for Debt from Clichy, in France," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 14, 1867, p. 404.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Lawmaking/Litigating
