Question juridique clé
Whether the Appenzell I.Rh. conviction violated the prohibition of double punishment because of the prior Zurich fine
Solution extraite
No. The two sanctions concerned different conduct: Zurich punished collecting for a lottery, while Appenzell punished holding a lottery in Oberegg.
Motifs extraits
The federal court read the cantonal judgment as finding a separate offense committed on Appenzell territory. Because the earlier Zurich sanction concerned only collecting, there was no punishment for the same act and thus no constitutional violation.