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Re Neumann

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JurisdictionSuiza
Docket NumberCase No. 188
Date18 juin 1921
CourtFederal Supreme Court (Switzerland)
Switzerland, Federal Court.
Case No. 188
In re Neumann.

Extradition — Extradition of Nationals — Resumption of Criminal Prosecution against German Citizen in the Canton where the Offence was Committed (Canton of Thurgau) after the Request to Take up Proceedings was Refused by the German Authorities.

The Facts.—Fritz Neumann, a German citizen, formerly resident in the Canton of Thurgau (Switzerland), was indicted for blackmail by the Criminal Prosecutor of that Canton. As he had in the meantime transferred his residence to Germany (Baden), the Governing Council of Thurgau through the Swiss Department of Justice asked the German authorities to take over the criminal proceedings. The request was refused on the ground of the German Amnesty Decree of 7 December, 1918, in favour of persons who participated in the war. The Criminal Prosecutor of Thurgau then decided to resume proceedings against the accused, who was sentenced in contumaciam by...

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