I. Criminal Senate of the Reich Court
The 1st Penal Senate of the Reichsgericht was a ruling body of the Reichsgericht . It was one of the six senates that dealt with criminal matters . The Senate existed from 1879 to 1945.
Business distribution
The Senate was responsible:
- 1879
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1896
- for the whole Reich for the determination of the competent court in the cases of Sections I and II of the first book of the StPO and of § 160 GVG.
- for criminal matters from the higher regional court districts of Augsburg, Bamberg, Cologne, Colmar, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Hamm (except for the regional court districts of Dortmund and Essen), Karlsruhe, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken and the consular court districts .
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1931
- for the whole Reich for the determination of the competent court in the cases of Sections I and II of the first book of the StPO and in the cases of § 124 Abs. 3 SeemannsO of June 2, 1902 as well as the decisions according to § 159 GVG, together with § 18 Consular Jurisdiction Act of April 7, 1900,
- for criminal matters from the higher regional court districts of Augsburg, Bamberg, Darmstadt, Dresden , Frankfurt, Jena , Karlsruhe, Kassel , Cologne, Munich, Naumburg, Nuremberg, Oldenburg , Stettin , Stuttgart, Zweibrücken and the consular court districts (Section 14 No. 2 of the Act on the Consular jurisdiction of April 7, 1900 and Art. I § 14 No. 2 of the ordinance on consular jurisdiction in Egypt of July 31, 1925)
- the matters relating to the disciplinary court for violations of the judicial military justice officers and the involuntary transfer of the same to another position or into retirement (§§ 7ff. of the law of December 1, 1898 and the ordinance of March 29, 1922).
Well-known judgments
- Electricity theft case (RGSt 32, 165, decision of May 1, 1899, prohibition of analogy)
- "Ugh Jewish Republic" (file number 1D 459/1923 VIII 805)
Occupation 1886 to 1923
Color legend:
- Retired before July 1, 1919 in
- Retired before October 1, 1934 in
- Retired after October 1, 1934 in
Senate presidents
No. | Surname | Senate entry | Resignation from the Senate | ||
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1 | Karl Hocheder (1825–1913) | October 1, 1879 | May 1, 1886 | Appointment as President of the 6th Civil Senate | |
2 | Johann Wernz (1819-1892) | May 1, 1886 | January 1, 1892 | retirement | |
3 | Ernst von Bomhard (1833–1912) | January 1, 1892 | April 1, 1902 | retirement | |
4th | Max Gustav Neisse (1839–1906) | April 1, 1902 | June 20, 1906 | Deceased | |
5 | Friedrich Quantity (1845–1920) | August 16, 1906 | November 9, 1909 | Appointment as President of the 2nd Criminal Senate | |
6th | Christian von Kolb (1848–1924) | November 9, 1909 | April 1, 1921 | retirement | |
7th | Adolf Lobe (1860-1939) | April 1, 1921 | April 1, 1928 | Retirement (also 6th criminal senate ) | |
8th | Josef Max Reichert (1865-) | April 2, 1928 | (1922–29 Chairman of the Association of Judges) | ||
9 | Johannes Gündel (1872–1938) | October 1, 1931 | July 15, 1933 | Appointment as Senate President of the 6th Criminal Senate | |
10 | Hans Free Life (1871–1945) | 1934 | 1937 | retirement | |
11 | Erich Schultze (1880-1947) | July 1, 1937 | 1945 |
Imperial judges
No. | Surname | Senate entry | Resignation from the Senate | ||
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1 | Karl von Specht (1822–1899) | October 1, 1879 | January 1, 1890 | retirement | |
2 | Karl Wielandt (1830–1914) | October 1, 1879 | July 1, 1884 | Transfer to the 2nd civil senate | |
3 | Ludwig Moeli (1817-1894) | October 1, 1879 | June 1, 1884 | retirement | |
4th | Franz Cucumus (1824-1881) | October 1, 1879 | August 9, 1881 | Deceased | |
5 | Friedrich von Geß (1828–1905) | October 1, 1879 | October 1, 1891 | retirement | |
6th | Maximilian von Buri (1825–1902) | October 1, 1879 | June 1, 1896 | retirement | |
7th | Lorenz Hauser (1828–1882) | January 1, 1881 | May 1, 1882 | retirement | |
8th | Heinrich Dürrschmidt (1819–1899) | January 1, 1881 | January 1, 1889 | retirement | |
9 | Ernst von Bomhard | December 1, 1881 | January 1, 1890 | Transfer to the 6th civil senate | |
10 | Julius Petersen (1835–1909) | April 11, 1883 and July 1, 1884 | April 1, 1884 and March 31, 1886 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate or 2nd civil senate | |
11 | Rudolf Nokk (1830-) | June 1, 1885 | July 1, 1894 | retirement | |
12 | Eduard Wüstenfeld (1831-1923) | May 1, 1886 | July 15, 1886 | Transfer to the 2nd civil senate | |
13 | Georg Friedrich von Lenz (1834–1910) | July 15, 1886 | July 1, 1897 | retirement | |
14th | Melchior Stenglein | January 1, 1889 | January 1, 1892 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
15th | Adolf Richard Stellmacher (1831–1907) | January 1, 1890 | July 1, 1903 | retirement | |
16 | Richard Förtsch (1837-1916) | January 1, 1890 | October 1, 1891 | Transfer to the 2nd civil senate | |
17th | Eugen Schmidt (1834-) | June 1, 1891 | January 1, 1901 | retirement | |
18th | Ludwig von Zimmerle (1832–1907) | November 16, 1891 | April 1, 1902 | retirement | |
19th | Karl von Braun (1832–1903) | January 1, 1892 | October 29, 1903 | Deceased | |
20th | Paul Hugo Wolff (1841–1902) | May 1, 1894 | May 1, 1896 | Transfer to the 6th civil senate | |
21st | Hermann Dietz (1842–1920) | July 1, 1894 | January 1, 1910 | retirement | |
22nd | Wulf Tagg (1839-1914) | May 1, 1896 | June 1, 1900 | Transfer to the 6th civil senate | |
23 | Carl von Ewald (1852–1932) | July 1, 1896 | October 11, 1905 | exit | |
24 | Karl Emil Goldmann (1848–1917) | October 1 or December 1897 | January 1, 1900 | Transfer to the 6th civil senate | |
25th | Rudolf von Pelargus (1853–1923) | January 1, 1900 | November 1, 1910 | Appointment as President of the 3rd Criminal Senate | |
26th | Max Stock (1848-1910) | June 1, 1900 | April 17, 1906 | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
27 | Max Klein (1845-1910) | January 1, 1904 (after praise) possibly. 1901 | May 31, 1904 | Transfer to the 2nd criminal senate | |
28 | Karl Eduard von Lödel (1848–1924) | April 1, 1903 | October 1, 1914 | retirement | |
29 | Heinrich Bernhardi (1848–1927) | July 1, 1903 | January 1, 1914 | retirement | |
30th | Wilhelm Behringer (1853–1931) | November 1, 1903 | December 1, 1923 | retirement | |
31 | Heinrich Schmidt (1856–1927) | November 17, 1905 | April 1, 1921 | Appointment as President of the 2nd Criminal Senate | |
32 | Richard Althaus (1852-after 1919) | April 17, 1906 | March 1, 1907 | Transfer to the 5th civil senate | |
33 | Richard Offenberg (1854–1910) | March 1, 1907 | April 23, 1910 | Deceased | |
34 | Ludwig Dürr (1852–1934) | January 1, 1910 | September 1, 1917 | retirement | |
35 | Ernst Simon (1859-1919) | May 26, 1910 | August 24, 1919 | Deceased | |
36 | Richard Skonietzki (1853-1931) | November 1, 1910 | October 1, 1918 | retirement | |
37 | Ludwig Ebermayer | January 1, 1913 | October 1, 1914 | Transfer to the 3rd criminal senate | |
38 | Carl Wilhelm Niederstein (1864–1922) | January 1, 1914 and February 18, 1915 | September 25, 1915 and October 1, 1915 | Transfer to the 4th civil or 5th criminal senate | |
39 | Karl Picot (1863–1939) | October 1, 1914 | April 28, 1919 | from 7 January 1919 also 6th civil senate | |
40 | Werner Rosenberg (1859–1930) | October 1, 1915 | May 16, 1927 | retirement | |
41 | Albrecht Heldrich (1862–1928) | September 20, 1916 | February 1, 1917 | At the same time 2nd criminal senate | |
42 | Heinrich von Feilitsch (1856–1933) | February 1, 1917 | February 20, 1917 | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
43 | Felix Czolbe (1863–) | September 15, 1917 | October 19, 1917 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
44 | Karl Jakob Ludwig Bucherer (1865–1925) | November 1, 1917 | August 6, 1925 | Deceased | |
45 | Johannes Gündel (1872–1938) | November 1, 1918 | October 1, 1931 | Appointment as President of the Senate | |
46 | Ernst Stölzel (1867-) | April 1, 1919 | October 30, 1922 | Transfer to the 7th civil senate | |
47 | Franz Triebel | July 1, 1919 | October 1, 1919 | Transfer to the 4th civil senate | |
48 | Alois Zeiler (1868–1966) | September 16, 1919 and January 1, 1923 | April 15, 1921 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
49 | Otto Warneyer (1867-1941) | November 16, 1919 | April 15, 1921 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
50 | Michael Wachinger | April 1, 1921 | 1936 | ||
51 | Ludwig Krug (1869–1943) | October 1, 1922 (assistant judge since April 15, 1921) | April 1, 1925 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
52 | Walter Willhöfft (1873–1936) | (June 1, 1921 as assistant judge) | (September 23, 1921 as assistant judge) | Transfer to the 2nd criminal senate | |
53 | Lucian Enst Alexander Kleine (1861-) | September 23, 1921 | April 1, 1922 | Transfer to the 2nd criminal senate | |
54 | Ernst Hallamik (1870-) | (October 30, 1922 as assistant judge) | (January 1, 1923 as assistant judge) | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
55 | Guetermann (Gütermann), Karl Emil (1871-) | December 11, 1922 | February 28, 1923 | Transfer to the 2nd criminal senate | |
56 | Hermann Heyer (1861–1925) | July 15, 1923 | September 18, 1924 | Appointment as President of the 2nd Criminal Senate | |
57 | Alfred Tittel (1870–1937) | July 15, 1923 | September 18, 1924 | ||
58 | Alfred Klingsporn (1877–1938) | 4th December 1925 | July 15, 1933 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
59 | Jakob Keßler (1872–1939) | June 4, 1927 | 1930 | ev. church president of the Palatinate until 1934 | |
60 | Otto Schwarz (1876-) | before 1932 | July 15, 1933 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
61 | August Isenbart (1876–1940) | January 1, 1931 (April 17, 1930 assistant judge) | 1936 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
62 | Erhard Ziegler (1886–1946) | (April 7, 1930 auxiliary judge) March 1, 1932 or 1937 | July 1, 1934 and 1945 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
63 | Ferdinand Gerlach (1886–1941) | (before 1932 auxiliary judge) 1933 | July 15, 1933 | Transfer to the 6th criminal senate | |
64 | Johannes Raestrup (1878–1943) | July 15, 1933 | 1942 | ||
65 | Martin Buchwald (1884-) | September 1, 1933 (December 1, 1931 assistant judge) | July 1, 1934 | Transfer to the 4th civil senate | |
66 | Konrad Rensch (1881-) | (February 8, 1932 auxiliary judge) January 1, 1934 | March 31, 1945 | retirement | |
67 | Wilhelm Flor (1882–1938) | July 1, 1934 | December 1, 1937 | retirement | |
68 | Eberhard Teuffel (1887–1945) | (May 11, 1933 auxiliary judge) April 1, 1935 | 1942 (1945 without Senate) | 1939-45 Wehrmacht | |
69 | Hans Rohde | February 22, 1937 | 1945 | ||
70 | Ernst Rittweger (1893–1946) | May 1, 1938 or 1945 | 1939 | Transfer to the 2nd criminal senate | |
71 | Ruffle | 1939 | 1944 | ||
72 | August Guth (1884–1945) | 1941 | September 28, 1944 | Wehrmacht | |
73 | Julius Sponsel (1887-) | (January 22, 1940 assistant judge) April 1, 1941 | 1942/43 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
74 | Hermann Hoffmann (1880–1945) | 1944 | 1945 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung , vol. 1 (1896) p. 52.
- ^ Business allocation plan for the Reichsgericht for 1931 In: Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung , 1931, Sp. 148
- ↑ Puzzled judgments . In: Die Zeit , No. 8/1959
- ^ Reich Ministry of Justice (ed.): Handbuch der Justizverwaltung, Berlin 1942, p. 27.
literature
- Adolf Lobe : Fifty Years of the Reichsgericht on October 1, 1929, Berlin 1929.