Talk:Fabre d'Églantine
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There are a couple of problems with the 1911 Britannica text from which this is mainly taken.
a) Fabre was singing his famous song Il Pleut at the time of his trial. This seems highly unlikely as Fabre was apparently already half-dead from some respiratory condition - possibly tuberculosis - during his trial.
b) Documents still in existence prove his innocence in the East India Company affair: In fact Fabre initially supported the investigation by Delaunay into the matter, with Delaunay believing that Fabre would assist in the falsifying of documents to liquidate the company in favour of the speculators. To an extent Fabre did this, although there was a second amendment carried out by Delaunay, Chabot and the Frei brothers without Fabre's complicity. Only later - and possibly under pressure from Danton or Robespierre - did Fabre turn on Delaunay and thus further incriminate those who took part. The whole East India Company affair is a complex one, worthy of an article in itself (and with someone of a better legal mind than mine) if one does not already exist —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.64.216.158 (talk • contribs) 26 May 2006.
