Proces Walerego Sławka. Przyczynek do działalności sądów wojskowych w Królestwie Polskim w czasie rewolucji 1905 roku
Walery Sławek’s Trial. Contribution to the Activities of Military Courts in the Kingdom of Poland During the 1905 Revolution
Author(s): Jacek LegiećSubject(s): History of Law, Government/Political systems, Military policy, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Walery Sławek; Polish Socialist Party; trial; court-martial;
Summary/Abstract: After an accidental bomb explosion in June 1906, Walery Sławek – one of the most important leaders of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party – was seriously wounded. Doctors managed to save his life, however, he was arrested and awaited trial in court-martial. As a result of this process he was acquitted. The article presents the course of Sławek’s trial based on court documents. This example argues that even during the revolution, under the conditions of the state war, the accused could count on a fair trial. A lot depended here on the judge’s attitude who sometimes managed to resist political pressure and judge according to the letter of the law.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio F – Historia
- Issue Year: 75/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-23
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish