Editing July Monarchy (section)

==== Trial of the April insurgents ====
{{lang|fr|Broglie|italic=no}}'s most important task was the trial of the April insurgents, which began on 5 May 1835 before the Chamber of Peers. The Peers finally convicted only 164 detainees on the 2,000 prisoners, of whom 43 were judged {{lang|la|[[trial in absentia|in absentia]]}}. Those defendants who were present for their trial introduced a great many procedural delays, and attempted by all means to transform the trial into a platform for [[Republicanism]]. On 12 July 1835, some of them, including the main leaders of the Parisian insurrection, escaped from the [[Prison of Sainte-Pélagie|Prison of {{lang|fr|Sainte-Pélagie|italic=no|nocat=yes}}]] through a tunnel. The Court of Peers delivered its sentence on the insurgents of Lyon on 13 August 1835, and on the other defendants in December 1835 and January 1836. The sentences were rather mild: a few condemnations to [[deportation]], many short prison sentences and some acquittals.