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Acknowledgments ix -- Ch. 1 Introduction 5 -- Ch. 2 The 1872 Pleadings 25 -- Ch. 3 The 1872 Trial 37 -- Maitre Allou-the Mellerio Heirs 38 -- Maitre Pilet des Jardins-Mme Debacker 50 -- Maitre Carel-la Delivrande 67 -- Maitre Allou-the Mellerio Heirs (Rebuttal) 81 -- Maitre Carel-la Delivrande (Rebuttal) 91 -- Summary by the Public Prosecutor 96 -- Ch. 4 The 1872 Judgment 115 -- Ch. 5 Strategies of Discrepancy 129 -- Ch. 6 Later Developments 153 -- The 1873 Briefs 154 -- The 1873 Appeal 159 -- The 1873 Decision 168 -- The 1874 Appeal 169 -- The Mellerio Family History 170 -- Appendix -- Concurrent Lawsuits 173 -- The Mellerio Family Tree 176 -- Addenda to List of Published Pseudonyms 178 -- Recent History of the Chateau of Tailleville 181 -- Notes 183 -- Index 185