Key legal question
Whether the ordinance pénale was validly notified by publication under Art. 88 CPP.
Extracted holding
Publication was not a valid notification because the prosecution had not made the reasonably required efforts to locate the accused before resorting to edictal service.
Extracted reasoning
The file showed no sufficient inquiries with the inhabitants' office, postal office, or telephone contact, and no attempt to use the temporary address. Without such searches, Art. 88 CPP was not met.