GERMAN JUSTICE
CRITICISM RESENTED. INCIDENTS AT PENAL CONFERENCE BRITISH LAWYER’S BOMBSHELL. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright BERLIN, August 21. A young London lawyer, Mr G- 11. Bing, startled the Penal . Conference by criticising Nazi justice- The delegates were discussing a German report on methods of curtailing long-drawn trials, when Mr Bing interposed: “The idea of giving a judge the right to curtail speeches and refuse to hear evidence in order to shorten a trial is entirely contrary to English ideas ol justice. We feel the proposal to curtail trials lias been introduced to obtain internal sanction to a type of trial favoured here. The trial of Herr Tliae.mann is coming soon, but German justice will be on trial also." Amid a chorus of Nazi protests, the president intervened, and said that speakers were not allowed to resort to Irrelevant examplesIn another section of the conference a French delegate denounced what he described as “ Nazi repression,” as exemplified by concentration camp'sDr. 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 war propaganda."
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19662, 23 August 1935, Page 7
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188GERMAN JUSTICE Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19662, 23 August 1935, Page 7
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