Günter von Forstner

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	43 days in custody
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Year Crime:	1913
Year Convicted:	1914
Year Cleared:	1914
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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City of Crime:	Saverne
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"German Army Second Lieutenant Günter von Forstner was convicted of assaulting Karl Blank, a journeyman shoemaker, on December 2, 1913 in Saverne. Blank was watching a military practice and broke out laughing at the sight of the young, finely dressed Forstner. Several bystanders joined in laughing at Forstner, who struck Blank with his saber and gave him severe head injuries that resulted in his paralysis on one side. Forstner claimed self-defense, but a military court convicted Forstner and he was sentenced to 43 days of incarceration. Forstner's conviction was overturned on appeal on the basis he acted in self-defense because he was defending the army's honor."
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Innocence Proved By:	Forstner's conviction was overturned on appeal on the basis he acted in self-defense because he was defending the army's honor.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Saverne Affair, Wikipedia.org"
Information Location 1:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saverne_Affair#Forstner.27s_second_false_step
Information Source 2:	"Wilhelm Is Now A Tame, Tame Emperor, By G. H. Campden, The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR), March 15, 1914, Section Six"
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Günter von Forstner

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

43 days in custody

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1913

Year Convicted:

1914

Year Cleared:

1914

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Saverne

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Forstner's conviction was overturned on appeal on the basis he acted in self-defense because he was defending the army's honor.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Saverne Affair, Wikipedia.org"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saverne_Affair#Forstner.27s_second_false_step

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"Wilhelm Is Now A Tame, Tame Emperor, By G. H. Campden, The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR), March 15, 1914, Section Six"

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