Piute Chieftain | 1917-01-25 | Page 3 | Queer Laws

queer laws there are in force la in switzerland certain laws which in the hands of the unscrupulous may work great havoc with personal rights and liberties this Is a point concerning which there can be no dispute for instance in most cantons men and women may be punished not only for what they have actually done in the past but also for what may possibly result in the future from what they have done suppose a man Is spending week by week all he earns then the local authorities ties acting in conjunction with ohp the police may send him to ii a penal workhouse on the pretext that lils bis conduct Is such that he may later become destitute and therefore be a burden to the com community buffalo news