Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal appeal was filed in time despite being handed to the St. Gallen cantonal police
Decisão extraída
The appeal time was preserved because the filing was delivered on the last day to an incompetent cantonal authority with the correct addressee indicated.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 48(3) BGG also covers filing with an incompetent cantonal authority; the police qualified as such, so the deadline was met.