EXTRADITION CASE
AMERICAN-BORN CITIZENS SUPREME COURT'S DECISION WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 The Supreme Court has unanimously sustained a judgment of tho Lower Court forbidding the extradition of the Neidecker brothers on tho ground that they are American-born citizens and cannot be extradited under the treaty of 1909 with France. This finding similarly affects the extradition treaties with 32 other nations. Warrants were issued by the French police on July 22, 1935, for B. C. Neidecker, director of the Travellers' Bank of Paris, an American establishment, the doors of which were sealed by the police after it had remained closed for two days. He was arrested at New York on July 23. According to tha New York police. Neidecker had said he estimated his bank's loss at 250,000 dollars and that ho was willing to return to Paris to clear up the situation. Neideckcr's wife and his two brothers. George and Aubrey, were arrested at Norfolk, Virginia, on July 21 at the request of tho French police.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22574, 12 November 1936, Page 13
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