Jules Destrée and Justice

Jules Destrée's lawyer career knows two strong moments, that bring in evidence an undeniable faith in justice and a mastership of oratory art.

The great trials :
- 1886 : " The Falleur-Schmidt Trial ". Trial for union liberty. Two responsibles for the union " Union verrière ", Falleur and Schmidt, are accused, erroneously, to be the instigators of plundering and set on fire of the Glassfactory and the castle Baudoux in Jumet during the workingmen's riots troubling the area of Charleroi. First great trial, first failure, first disillusion against miscarriage of justice.
- 1889 : " Le grand Complot ", trial of political liberty, of the right to strike. 87 people, members of the Socialist Republican Party of Alfred Defuisseaux " accused of having decided the general strike and having demanded the universal suffrage. An attempt to overthrow. First victory and general acquittal.
- - 1923 : The " Communist Plot " Trial for the liberty of expression and the antimilitarism. Jules Destrée is defending Léon Lesoil, ex-miner and secretary of the Communist Federation of Charleroi. Other great victory and acquittal.

The Workmen's right :
- 1924 : " The Labour Legislation " written by Jules Destrée and Max Hallet. "The Labour Legislation ", shows a willpower to modernize the penal code (Napoleon code) going together with technological progress due to the industrial revolution.