Martial Herman

Martial Joseph Armand Herman
Born29 August 1759
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Pas-de-Calais, Kingdom of France
Died7 May 1795(1795-05-07) (aged 35)
Paris, French Repulic
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
OccupationLawyer
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Martial Joseph Armand Herman (29 August 1759 – 7 May 1795) was a French lawyer and a chief judge during the Reign of Terror. His most famous cases were against Marie Antoinette and Georges Danton. As the commissioner of police, he dealt with the Luxembourg prison conspiracies, shortly before the Jacobin regime fell.

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