October 16, 1934.
A trial date has been set for November 7th for Archduke Leopold, who has been charged with grand larceny in connection with "an allegedly unauthorized sale" of a $400,000 diamond necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte had given to Empress Marie Louise in 1811.
Leopold allegedly sold the necklace to a local jeweler, David Michel by Charles Townsend, who pretended to be a Colonel in the British Secret Service. Townsend and his wife have been indicted but have not yet been apprehended.
Through his counsel, Archduke Leopold said he was unhappy about the change in date as he has business in Austria.
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