The Spiritualist newspaper > No.148, June 25th 1875

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THE PERSECUTION OF MESSRS. LEYMARIE AND
FIRMAN.
Br the report published in another column, it will
he seen that the result of the trial of Buguet and
others in Paris for manufacturing sham spirit photo¬
graphs has not only resulted in the richly-deserved
condemnation of Buguet, hut in the undeserved con¬
demnation of Messrs. Leymarie and Firman, who,
unlike Buguet, are entirely innocent of the charge
brought against them; and this serious miscarriage of
justice in France is due to the ignorance of the French
legal authorities of the elementary truths of Spiritualism.
If the reports published in the French journals of what
took place in the trial are to be relied upon, Buguet is
not quite so black as hitherto supposed in the matter
of charging Leymarie with complicity in his malprac¬
tices, for he does not assert that he ever told Leymarie
there was any imposture, but came to the conclusion
that the latter, as a rational man, could not have been
ignorant of the same. Buguet in all probability believes
this, for, being a thorough scoundrel himself, it must
come natural to him to measure others by his own
standard, on the same principle that a carver who is
fond of fat gives large slices of it to his neighbours. A
very good standard of education and toleration has been
reached when a man does not judge the rest of the
world by himself, or believe that it was the original in¬
tention of the Almighty that all men should think alike.
M. Leymarie was warned once or twice by different
persons that imposture was probably at the root of
Buguet’s pictures; but as false charges of imposture
are frequently made against mediums, and Leymarie
was too full of blind faith, coupled perhaps with no
technical knowledge of photography, he unfortunately
took no heed of the warnings. A similar case took
place in this country some time since. An editor
endorsed as genuine spirit photographs many which
had been artificially manufactured, but nobody in Lon¬
don questioned his faith in the matter; it was simply
a case of blind faith and want of technical knowledge.
What can be done to assist Messrs. Leymarie and Fir¬
man? Could not public opinion be brought to bear on
the French Government? Spiritualists are numerous in
England and America as well as in France, and if memo¬
rials were sent in to the French Government from
Spiritualists and Spiritualistic Societies all over the
world, expressing conviction that there has been a great
miscarriage of justice because of the want of knowledge
of French law courts of the proved facts of Spiritualism,
would such a course tend to liberate those who have
been unjustly condemned? This question will no
doubt be well considered within the next week or two,
both in London and Paris, and the general result of
the deliberations of those best acquainted with all the
circumstances will in all probability be brought forward
at the next Council meeting of the British National
Association of Spiritualists.
One feature in connection with this trial requires