CONFERENCE STARTLED
Young London Lawyer Criticises Nazi Justice CONTRARY TO ENGLISH IDEAS A CHORUS OF PROTESTS (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.15 p.m. to-day. BERLIN, Aug. 21.
A young London lawyer, Mr G. H. Bing, startled tjie penal conference by criticising Nazi justice. The delegates were discussing a German report on methods of curtailing long drawn trials when Mr Bing interposed to remark that the. idea of giving a judge the right to curtail speeches and refuse to hear evidence in order to shorten a trial was entirely contrary to English ideas of justice. “We feel the proposal to curtail trials has been introduced to obtain internal sanction to the type of trial favoured here,” ho added. “The trial of Thaelmann is coming soon, but German justice will be on trial also.” Amid a chorus of Nazi protests, the president intervened. He said the speakers were not allowed to resort to irrelevant examples.
In another section of the conference a. French delegate denounced what he described as Nazi repression as exemplified hy concentration camps. Dr. Franck, head of the Academy of Jurists, later protested against international boycotting, which was just as much a menace to international juridical peace as revolutionary and war propaganda.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 August 1935, Page 5
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