Wilhelm Witt
Wilhelm Witt (born July 16, 1869 in Wismar , † after 1937) was a German judge .
Life
He embarked on a legal career as the son of a lawyer. In 1892 he passed the first state examination with “distinction”, the second in 1896 with “distinction”. He became an assessor in the same year. At the beginning of 1900 he worked as a magistrate both in the Justice Ministry in Schwerin and in the AG Ludwigslust . In 1903 he was appointed to the council at the LG Schwerin and became its director in 1914. In July 1915 he was promoted to councilor at the Rostock Higher Regional Court , and in October to the Reich judicial council. In 1928 he became President of the Senate. He survived the regime change and did not retire until July 1, 1937. He refused an appeal to the State Court for the Protection of the Republic, as he did not want to protect this state.
Works
- “Authority of the courts to intervene against impropriety in written submissions by way of a fine”, Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung, Volume 8 (1903), p. 472 .
literature
- Friedrich Karl Kaul : History of the Reichsgericht, Volume IV (1933-1945), East Berlin 1971.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Hoegner , The betrayed republic. History of the German counter-revolution, Munich 1958, p. 284
- ^ Carl von Ossietzky : Complete Writings 1929 - 1930, p. 938 in the Gutenberg-DE project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witt, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reich judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1937 |