Key legal question
Whether the private complainant had standing to file a criminal appeal to the Federal Supreme Court
Extracted holding
He lacked standing because he failed to show any effect of the cantonal decision on a civil claim and no such claim was apparent.
Extracted reasoning
A private complainant may appeal only if the challenged decision can affect civil claims; in cases of non-prosecution or discontinuance, the complainant must explain this before the Federal Supreme Court unless obvious. Here he made no such showing and had not paid the demanded fee, so no civil claim was evident.