Jakob Albert Scherb

Jacob Albert shear bands (* 5. May 1839 in Hüttlingen TG ; † 18th September 1908 in Bischofszell , heimatberechtigt in Bischofszell and Frauenfeld ) was a Swiss lawyer , Thurgau Council of States and National Council , as well as federal prosecutor .

Life

The son of Friedrich Albert Scherb, owner of a mill and a farm in Hüttlingen and Anna Barbara Scherb born. Krapf studied law in Zurich , Munich and Paris from 1858 to 1861 . In 1861 he passed the state examination, from 1862 to 1869 he was a lawyer in Bischofszell. From 1864 to 1869 he was also deputy governor in Bischofszell and district court clerk of Arbon, from 1866 also of Bischofszell. Vice-state attorney from 1866 to 1869 and public prosecutor from 1869 to 1889.

Scherb belonged to the liberal movement and was Thurgau Cantonal Councilor from 1867 to 1889 and from 1902 to 1908 . From 1869 to 1881 he was a member of the National Council, from 1881 to 1908 a member of the Council of States (1887–1888 its President). In 1889, after years of vacancy in this office without a constitutional basis, Scherb became a permanent Federal Prosecutor ("Federal Advocate General") and remained so until 1899. The appointment came under pressure from abroad after the Wohlgemuth affair . As federal prosecutor and thus also head of the political police created in 1889, Scherb was controversial because many considered this position to be incompatible with Scherb's mandate. Scherb's successor as federal prosecutor was Otto Kronauer in 1899 .

As a lawyer, Scherb was also a member of the expert commissions for Swiss criminal law and the Swiss civil code . From 1882 to 1889 he was a member of the board of directors of Thurgauische Hypothekenbank , and from 1899 to 1908 of Thurgauer Kantonalbank (its president from 1900). Most recently he was a board member of the Swiss National Bank from 1906 to 1908 .

Scherb married Sylvia Karolina Pol in 1868, daughter of the farmer Lorenz Pol and sister-in-law of the Thurgau politician Paul Nagel .

Web links

• Therese Steffen Gerber: Scherb, Jakob Albert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 25, 2011 .
• One speaks of him “until he goes” , Die Weltwoche 20/2019.

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predecessor	Office	successor
vacant	Federal Prosecutor of the Swiss Confederation 1889–1899	Otto Kronauer