Legal briefs are very different from these academic citations, and half the time we're trying to wrangle them to suit our case/arguments rather than uncover The Truth for purist academic reasons.

I am kind of heartbroken at the thought of C finding out his protege had drowned himself in the Seine - the story gets picked up in the newspapers at the time as is referenced in the Brick. As you mention, C resigns in 1832 and it's not a stretch to headcanon that this has to do with J's death.