Extradition (Austrian Request) Case

• Jurisdiction: Hungria
• Docket Number: 227.
• Date: 01 January 1925
• Court: Criminal Court (Hungary)

Royal Hungarian Criminal Court of Budapest.

Case No. 227.

Extradition (Austrian Request) Case.

In re Ch. E.

Conditions of Extradition — Extradition to a State of a Person not its National — Lawful in absence of Contrary Treaty Provision.

The Facts.—This was a request for extradition by an Austrian court. The crime was alleged to have been committed in Austria and Poland by a person resident in Budapest. The accused stated that he was a Roumanian citizen and, should the request of the Austrian court be granted, he asked to be extradited to Roumania, and not to Austria.

Held: That, although it was clear that the accused was a Roumanian subject, the extradition treaty with Roumania contained no provision prohibiting the extradition of Roumanian subjects to...