When the Cheka (Extraordinary Commission) was established in the next month, its functions included handing accused persons over to revtribunals.
On September 2, 1918, on the basis of a resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic was established, which on October 14, 1918, issued order No.
[2] Later the "Statute of Revolutionary Tribunals" of April 12, 1919, established the precedence of revtribunals over people's courts and gave them unrestricted rights to set the measure of prosecution.
On October 21, 1919, the Special Revolutionary Tribunal was established within the Cheka to consider "grave cases of profiteering, bribery and abuse of office (должностные преступления)".
As the decree said, "in its considerations, the Special Revolutionary Tribunal follows the interests of the revolution and is not bound by and forms of legal proceedings.