Standing Committee of War and Investigations
The Permanent Commission for Investigative Investigation was the investigative commission headed by the commander of the active army and the head of the Polish Kingdom, the central investigative body established for political affairs in the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1833-1865.
Created in April 1833 by the Warsaw warlord Gen. Ivan Osipowicz de Witt on the command of the lieutenant-governor of the Kingdom of Poland Field Marshal Ivan Paskiewicz as Commissioner for Investigating Political Criminals. Its president was Andriej Storozhen, and the X Citadel of Warsaw Citadel was designated for the seat. The members of the committee were: the president, two military members and five civil servants, including the prosecutor and two incravers.
Its competence was to detect all offenses and political offenses in the Kingdom of Poland and to expose the foreign connections of their perpetrators. Its activities focused on the collection of evidence, investigations and inquiries. The results of the investigations were sent to the governor in the form of reports, which contained recommendations for further investigation. Cases of heavy political crimes were transferred to the court of war, others were sent to criminal courts. The administrative penalty was also applied.
The Commission's activities were mainly based on reports of political police and its secret agents. Terror threats were often used to force the testimony.
In 1861, the second Temporary War Commission was established at the same time. Bibliography
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