Czesław Jan Bojarski

The Seine assize court heard evidence about the counterfeit notes, equipment and two intermediaries. Prosecutors sought life imprisonment. The defense argued mitigating circumstances should be taken into account.

State of the evidence

Trial proceedings, prosecution request and defense submissions reported.

Legal status — source text

A criminal conviction remains on record.

Attribution

Manufacturing and circulating counterfeit notes.

The court sentenced Czesław Bojarski to twenty years’ imprisonment. Alexis Chouvaloff received a five-year suspended sentence, and Antoine Dowgierd was exempted from punishment. The sentence featured prominently in contemporary accounts.

State of the evidence

Verdict, sentence and co-defendants’ outcomes explicitly documented.

Legal status — source text

A criminal conviction remains on record.

Attribution

Criminal liability for the counterfeit-currency operation tried in 1966.

For nearly fifteen years Bojarski made counterfeit 1,000-old-franc and 5,000-old-franc notes and, later, Bonaparte 100-franc notes. The 1966 trial described how he developed much of the equipment himself.

State of the evidence

Counterfeiting and note types documented by trial reporting and archival coverage.

Legal status — source text

A criminal conviction remains on record.

Attribution

Covert manufacture of counterfeit French currency.