What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1796
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 48.57° N, 2.62° E
- Description
- 1796 French legal case
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Case of the Lyons Mail: During the night, five highwaymen attack the mail between Paris and Lyon, kill the postmen and steal the funds sent to the armies in…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “affaire du courrier de Lyon ; attaque dans la nuit de la malleposte convoyant l'argent entre Paris et Lyon et mort de deux postillons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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