Question juridique clé
Whether the arrest and detention violated the 1852 federal extradition statute because the accused should have been requested from Bern authorities.
Solution extraite
No. The summons was issued expressly to hear him as an accused for false testimony, not as a witness; after voluntarily appearing, he could no longer invoke the extradition procedure.
Motifs extraits
The federal extradition statute applies only if the person is to be pursued from another canton. Here the competent court of the place of offence was prima facie competent, and the record showed a summons as accused. Voluntary appearance submitted him to the Solothurn court's jurisdiction.