High Treason (Treaty of Versailles in Germany) Case

Date14 Marzo 1928
Docket NumberCase No. 5
CourtObsolete Court (Germany)
German Reichsgericht.
Case No. 5
High Treason (Treaty of Versailles in Germany) Case.

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — German Law and the Treaty of Versailles — Article 4 of the German Constitution — Effect of Treaties upon Individuals — Alleged Violation of the Treaty of Versailles by Germany — Publication by German Subject — High Treason — The State's Right of Self-Defence — How far Limited by International Treaties.

The Facts.—This was a prosecution for attempted high treason. The accused was charged with publishing details as to certain alleged plans of the Reichswehr which, if true, would have constituted a violation of the Treaty of Versailles. The information published by the accused was not accurate, but the accused believed it to be true. The prosecution was based on section 92 of the Criminal Code, which lays down, inter alia, that a person shall be liable to punishment who publishes information as to facts of which he knows that it is in the interest of Germany that they...

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