Bernhard Friedmann, or Friedmann Bernát (10 October 1843 in

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– 14 October 1925 in

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) was a Hungarian

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and criminal lawyer. He studied law at the "''Rechtsakademie''" there and at the

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. He won general sympathy through his manly conduct in connection with the notorious Tisza-Eszlár trial.

Literary works

* ''Hazai Bányászatunk Nemzetgazdasági és Statisztikai Szempontból'', Budapest, 1866; * ''A Népbirák és Esküdtszèkek Intezménye'', ib. 1876 (which won the grand academical prize); * ''A Felebbvitel Bünügyekben Tekintettel a Közvetlen Szóbelisègre'', ib. 1878; * ''Eszrevètelek a Magyar Bünvádi Eljarási Javaslat Iranyeszméi Felett'', 1889;

References

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990
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