sentences:  The trial was annulled due to the defendant's death, and a judicial action brought against the governess was dismissed in mid-November of the same year.In conjunction with this, a controversy arose over the authorities' alleged corruption and the common perception that Peerage went against the equality of treatment in justice; it was speculated that the Peers had allowed Choiseul-Praslin to commit suicide, or even poisoned him, as a means to avoid an uncomfortable verdict for one of their own.A persistent and popular rumor indicated that Choiseul-Praslin's death had been faked, and he had been allowed to leave the country, with many claiming that he lived the rest of his life in England.