Bernhard Friedmann, or Friedmann Bernát (10 October 1843 in
Oradea
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– 14 October 1925 in
Budapest
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) was a
Hungarian Jewish
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jurist
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and criminal lawyer.
He studied law at the "''Rechtsakademie''" there and at the
University of Budapest
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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
*
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990at www.mek.iif.hu
1843 births
1925 deaths
Jurists from Austria-Hungary
People from Oradea
Hungarian Jews
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