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    CONSEILDE LEUROPE

    COUNCILOF EUROPE

    COUR EUROPENNE DES DROITS DE LHOMME

    EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    COURT (CHAMBER)

    CASE OFTYRER v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

    (Application no. 5856/72)

    JUDGMENT

    STRASBOURG

    25 April 1!"

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    AS TO THE FACTS

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    I% PRELIMINAR# UESTIONS

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