Joseph Le Bon

Joseph Le Bon ( born September 25, 1765 in Arras ( Pas -de- Calais ), † October 16, 1795 in Arras ) was a French revolutionary.

Life

Joseph Le Bon attended a College of Oratory, was then ordained a priest and performed in January 1791 the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. After that he worked as a pastor in Vernois in Beaune and in Neuville- Vitasse.

Le Bon, a personal friend of Maximilien Robespierre, was chosen after the Tuileries on August 10, 1792 Mayor of Arras. In September 1792, he was elected by the Pas- de - Calais to substitute deputies of the National Convention. He participated in the July 1, 1793 a his seat in parliament and joined the Mountain Party. For "representatives in Mission " appointed, Le Bon had in August 1793 in the Somme department and since October 1793 along with his brother, Augustin Alexandre Darthe, in the department of Pas -de- Calais and Nord. Both built there, the " reign of terror " of the Jacobins. Le Bon built a new revolutionary court, in which he appointed himself judge and jury. He walked with the utmost brutality against suspects and arresting hundreds. At the end of his reign of terror, about 1,000 people were in prison and more than 300 were executed.

Le Bon officiated until 10 July 1794 as Chairman of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Cambrai. After the coup of 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794) also serious allegations against Le Bon were raised, which is why he was arrested on August 2, 1794. After spending about 14 months in prison, he was put on trial, convicted as a terrorist to death on October 11, 1795 and executed on 16 October 1795 a large crowd in Arras.