A master tailor, François Hellou, was attacked on the road to Priziac by a band of criminals, armed with sticks and pistols.
The same year, Marion was caught giving counterfeit coins to a man called Le Parlouer at the Croisty fair.
[1]: 6 Brice Evain describes the group as pragmatically targeting craftsmen, merchants, and well-to-do peasants, but not the nobility, whose victimisation was more likely to bring more serious consequences.
[1]: 6 The official website for tourism in Brittany, however, describes her as "a kind of Breton Robin Hood who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
During questioning, she gave her name as Marion du Faouët; recognizing her, the judges transferred her to the prison in Quimper.
In 1975, Colette Cosnier (fr) wrote a play casting Marion as a feminist hero, presenting an idea of Breton womanhood that was the opposite of the famously silent, obedient figure of Bécassine.
[7] The Coeur de Bretagne ("Heart of Brittany") travel listing for Le Faouët names Marion as the area's major historical figure.