English Translation

5a - 8 - checked by the interrogation of all the witnesses involved and not involved. On the basis of the findings of this detailed investigation - which also necessitated further interrogation of witnesses in the main proceedings - the above findings necessary for the factual assessment were made. If some of these findings are in conflict with the allegations raised by the appellant and accepted by the initiating authority, it must be noted here that, as already discussed, these contradictions have been partially remedied by the subsequent questioning of the complainant and his companion as witnesses. In so far as these contradictions still exist, the Chamber of Penalties cannot doubt the accuracy of the statements of the witnesses K.H. Frank, Dr. Gios and Uhl in subjective terms, but in objective relation they do not reflect the actual situation, also as regards the attitude of the accused Halfmann. The indisputable contradiction between the opinion . In this respect, the Chamber of Civil Liberties has taken the legal view, as they concluded in letters from the Secretary of State Reinhardt in the because it is all based on the relevant orders for the border clearance service, the circular of the Presiding Officer of the Führer dated 2.2.1938, the provisions summarized in the travel note, passport and foreign exchange note sheet, the Munich order announced by the decree of 29.5.1937, then the declaration between Wohrmacht and Reichsfin- anzverwaltung übur the mutual duty of greeting and, on the other hand, the CC. Thus, the Chamber of Appeal also shares the view that the use of the police horn signal alone, in the absence of the relevant provisions, does not entitle the customs border to be exceeded without any control, Before 18.7.1940, the border guards at the protectorate's border had the obligation to remove all persons from the personnel, if the individual passersby did not already give them 55624