UNDESIRABLE MOTION
REJECTED BY PRESIDING JUSTICE (Rec. 10 a.m.) TOKIO, January 27. " The presiding justice, Sir William' Webb, refused to hear the defence motion challenging General MacArthur’s authority-to establish the tribunal. Sir William said: “.There i» no need to challenge publicly the position of the supreme commander. That is undesirable in this place and. under these circumstances,. unless it become* necessary in .the interest of justice.” He added that. the defence would fil* other motions and present their argument “ as a respectful legal document, not’as a political harangue.”
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Evening Star, Issue 26011, 28 January 1947, Page 5
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88UNDESIRABLE MOTION Evening Star, Issue 26011, 28 January 1947, Page 5
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