# Brevet — Les Misérables character guide

> Brevet in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cochepaille

**First appearance:** 0059-xiii-the-solution-of-some-questions-connected-with-the-municipal-police

## Who they are

A former convict who testifies at Champmathieu's trial.

## In the story

### [How Jean May Become Champ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-how-jean-may-become-champ)

One of the convicts who identified Champmathieu as Jean Valjean.

### [How Jean May Become Champ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-how-jean-may-become-champ)

Convict who identified Champmathieu as Jean Valjean.

### [How Jean May Become Champ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-how-jean-may-become-champ)

A former convict who identifies Champmathieu as Jean Valjean, contributing to the mistaken identity.

### [How Jean May Become Champ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-how-jean-may-become-champ)

A convict who corroborates the mistaken identification of Champmathieu as Jean Valjean.

### [A Place Where Convictions Are in Process of Formation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-place-where-convictions-are-in-process-of-formation)

One of the three former convicts who, along with Javert, identifies the accused as Jean Valjean.

### [A Place Where Convictions Are in Process of Formation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-place-where-convictions-are-in-process-of-formation)

The third former convict who identifies the accused as Jean Valjean.

### [A Place Where Convictions Are in Process of Formation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-place-where-convictions-are-in-process-of-formation)

Former convict and witness who identifies Champmathieu as Jean Valjean.

### [A Place Where Convictions Are in Process of Formation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-place-where-convictions-are-in-process-of-formation)

Former convict and witness who identifies Champmathieu as Jean Valjean.

### [X: The System of Denials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/x-the-system-of-denials)

An ex-convict and former companion in the galleys, he testifies under solemn appeal that he recognizes the prisoner as Jean Valjean, who entered Toulon in 1796 and left in 1815.

### [X: The System of Denials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/x-the-system-of-denials)

Another convict summoned to be interrogated for the last time about the prisoner's identity as Jean Valjean.

### [X: The System of Denials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/x-the-system-of-denials)

Ex-convict Brevet is called to testify again; he persists in recognizing the prisoner as Jean Valjean, his former companion in the galleys.

### [X: The System of Denials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/x-the-system-of-denials)

Cochepaille is among the convicts summoned to testify again regarding the prisoner's identity.

### [Champmathieu More and More Astonished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xi-champmathieu-more-and-more-astonished)

One of the convict witnesses; Valjean identifies him by his knitted suspenders.

### [Champmathieu More and More Astonished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xi-champmathieu-more-and-more-astonished)

Convict witness; Valjean identifies him by a tattooed date on his arm.

### [Champmathieu More and More Astonished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xi-champmathieu-more-and-more-astonished)

One of the convict witnesses who recognizes Valjean after being reminded of his knitted suspenders.

### [Champmathieu More and More Astonished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xi-champmathieu-more-and-more-astonished)

A convict witness who shows the date tattooed on his arm, confirming Valjean's identity.

## Links

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