«Other persons» in the preliminary investigation of criminal cases in the Russian empire according to the code of laws of 1832

In 1832, the famous fifteen volumes of the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire were published, which was the result of the fundamental systematization of Russian legislation, carried out with the active participation of the outstanding statesman of that time M.M. Speransky. The final, fifteenth volume of the Code of Laws was called the Code of Criminal Laws, which, in turn, was divided into two books: Book I "On Crimes and Punishments in General", Book II "On Legal Proceedings for Crimes". The article examines the specifics of conducting preliminary investigations in criminal cases in accordance with the norms of the said second Book, with emphasis on the so-called "other persons" participating in criminal proceedings, given that their status, in contrast to the investigator (inquiry officer) and the accused as the main persons, has been studied to a lesser extent. In addition, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the institution of criminal proceedings in relation to the Russian Empire in the 19th century is studied in most cases taking into account the judicial reform of 1864, while the specifics of this institution in the pre-reform period, within the framework of which the legislator in the above-mentioned fifteenth volume of the Code of Laws managed to organize in a certain way all previously issued criminal procedural procedures, adding a number of innovations that followed from the socio-political development of state-legal relations associated with some liberal changes that were inherent in Emperor Alexander I, fall outside the field of view of scientists.