STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 483, sig. 109-4229 (damaged)

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1al -14 - unmistakably that the accused already at the September C a f bo co aaufa t se T aaaa pn aaan ban In addition, the accused told the investigating judge that he had not had a clear conscience in the surrender of the l0 O00 K. to Jost, but in this way he wanted to make it clear to Jošt that he was not a traitor to the Czech people. Before the investigative judge, the defendant also pointed out that he had the impression that Jošt belonged to a secret Czech organization, which did not object to the re-establishment of the state independence of the chechi-Satd a ea of the judicial protocol. At the main hearing, however, he replied evasively to the questions put to him in this resolution and finally only admitted that over time he had gained the impression that Jošt was in some way acting illegally. Finally, the defendant stated in the main trial that he had considered the Jošt to be a fantasy and therefore, despite his suspicious statements, did not see any danger for the Reich. Therefore, he had also withdrawn from the reimbursement of a complaint against Jošte. After all, he did not want to be an arbitrator and could not be'. For there would have been a risk of life for him and for his pamilie if someone had learned that he had ordered a compatriot to the German authorities because of high treason. Thus, the defendant was guilty in this way, on the basis of the penalty exception, because of the state of emergency of the failure to notify a highly treacherous party. Quite apart from the fact that in the proven active activity of the accused by giving money donating the facts of § 139 StGB. in this palle does not come into question, an appeal to the criminal exclusivity ground of the plight within the meaning of §§ 52.54 StGB would be completely absurd. The Senate has no doubt that the defendant has been informed of the nature of the illegal activity of Jošt and that he has also known that the amount of l0 O00 K allocated to Jošte by Drahokoupil was intended to support the anti-rich activity developed by Jost within the framework of a secret organization. According to the witness Snowberger, Fop 01264