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Show , Queer Laws. f There are in force in Switzerland I certain laws which, in the hands of the unscrupulous, may work great havoc with personal rights and liber- J ties. This is a point concerning which ; there can be no dispute. For Instance, , In most cantons men ,'nd women may ; he punished not only for what they ! have actually done In the past, but al so for what may possibly result in the I future from what they have done, j Suppose a man is spending week by j week all he earns. Then the local au- i thoritios, acting in conjunction with the police, may send hira to a penal workhouse, on the pretext that his conduct Is such that he may later be-; be-; come destitute and therefore be a bur- ' den to the community Buffalo News. |