Allied Forces (Polish Court of Honour) Case

• Jurisdiction: Polonia
• Date: 06 June 1941
• Docket Number: Case No. 32
• Court: Obsolete Court (Poland)

Polish Court Martial in Great Britain.

Case No. 32

Allied Forces (Polish Court of Honour) Case.

Jurisdiction — Miscellaneous — Jurisdiction over Allied Forces in Great Britain — The Allied Forces Act, 1940 — Jurisdiction of Officers' Courts of Honour.

The accused in this case was a captain of the Polish Army Reserve. He had been released from active duties and was on extended leave. He was discharged, after having pleaded guilty, under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907, at Marlborough Street Police Court, London, on the 13th February, 1941, on the charge of stealing, on the 5th February, 1941, in a shop in London, various articles to the value of six shillings. Subsequently the Polish military authorities directed the case to the Polish Court Martial. The Polish Court Martial held that as the accused had been tried by a court which was competent according to the British-Polish Protocol and the Allied Forces Act, 1940, the...