LAWS FOE INEBRIATES.
* The new penal code now going through the various phases of legislative evolution in Switzerland (says the British Medical Journal) contains the following clauses relating to crimes committed by inebriates : — Article 25. — If the crime is attributable to the abuse of spirituous liquors, the Judge shall have power to prohibit the - admission of the accused to public-houses for a period of from one to five years. Article 26. — If the admission of the drunkard to a special establishment isindicated, the Judge shall order it on medical advice for a period of detention varying from six months to two years. A further clause provides that the time during which a convict is kept in an establishment where he undergoes treatment shall be deducted from his term of imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)
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