Re Es

• Jurisdiction: Hungria
• Docket Number: 230
• Court: Criminal Court (Hungary)
• Date: 01 January 1925

Royal Hungarian Criminal Court of Budapest.

Case No. 230

In re E. S.

Effects of Changes of Sovereignty — Crimes Committed in Ceded Territory — Extradition.

Extradition of Nationals — Effects of Option — Crimes Committed on Territory before its Cession.

The Facts.—The magistrate of the court in Brasso, a town ceded to Roumania by virtue of the Treaty of Trianon, ordered an investigation to be held against E. S. in the matter of alleged corruption and fraud committed by him during the tenure of office in the years 1920 and 1921 before the Treaty of Trianon entered into force. It appeared that the accused exercised effectively in 1922 the right of opting for Hungarian nationality, that he transferred his residence to Hungary, and that he was recognised as a Hungarian national both by Hungarian and Roumanian authorities.

Held: That the request for extradition could not be acceded to: (a)...