Samuel Friedrich Moser (politician)

Samuel Friedrich Moser (born May 2, 1816 in Thun , † January 27, 1882 in Vernex, now part of the city of Montreux , reformed , resident in Thun) was a Swiss politician ( Radical Party ).

Life

Samuel Friedrich Moser was born on May 2, 1816 in Thun as the son of the advocate and court clerk David Moser. Moser began studying law at the Universities of Bern and Zurich , with Wilhelm Snell among others , before acquiring the advocacy patent in 1841.

As a result he was employed between 1841 and 1845 and between 1852 and 1858 in the Stettler advocacy office in Thun. To this end, he served as court president in Interlaken from 1845 to 1848, as chief judge from 1848 to 1852 and 1858 to 1882, and from 1858 as president of the court of asses .

Samuel Friedrich Moser married Henriette Luisa Susanna, the daughter of Jakob Steck, in 1841. He died on January 27, 1882, three months before his 66th birthday in Vernex.

Political activity

Samuel Friedrich Moser, member of the Radical Party, was represented at the cantonal level in the Bern Grand Council between 1847 and 1848 and in the National Council at the federal level between 1854 and 1857 . Moser, who was regarded as an expert in criminal law, participated in the reform of the Bern Code of Civil Procedure in 1878. He also presided over the military court in Zurich in 1871 after the Tonhalle riot .

literature

• Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Vol. 1, p. 204

Web links

• Christoph Zürcher: Moser, Samuel Friedrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .