Yokohama No. T224

. 33e*"-ujf]!.-4tI*atqggPt*p.'.Sg4iegEgiES vras not in cornpliance u{-üh
orders iss@
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Tt noffiin? to sholr tirar iaäcus "ä-l*ä"rr"
g$_I"uy1i-kne-vv ühat
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undgr carne-ührough agcus.ed-sugasara from the Chief oJ
Süeff of ühe rlestern Ärmyr lttro.qoul,d he.ve to be fellor.r conspiretors to achieve
a purpose?, ,iccu3ed, rgapgma. a1$ both
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$ozrlni
hesitabed.viren prdered individ..
ualh'to chokc ard to elloot lr.vrin. Their acts v:ere inerely in..obedience'Lo orders.
as t/,as accused Suenqtsuls. There is,no evidence of rnaliee shown. The kiUine
,tnr.s a.ctua]l"v acccrnplished r,ithouü authorizabion. ,Thercfore. Hozumi-ääc-ciriofiäfiea
this acü b;r hi-mself, to the exclusion of bhe other three accused.. thc kii-Iins
could not inblude eccuscd Sucnneüst-r becau.sc hc ühought, that ect'he,d becn accoro.öfiuf,e{,
ar:d he issued, the,:or$er,}ellg-zunl to s*t{.!lts,;.qgdi, rt,:courJ ;;i'-i;;i;ää---'.
aö6usea lvranuma because he thought *re:eeETfl-filifl-1-fr6*tiad.bci:n conpletsd. It
could not inclUrle aqcuqed Sugrsnw.a because it rae ühe. soLd uneutholizecl ;.ct of
e-ccused Hozuaüi l
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. :.. .Consequently, ü!: c91_t,i1tfon of.,ühc pqosgo3tign that ühe killing of lrwia
lrFs e'conspiracy is considered tb be without legeJ be.sj-s.
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Ib is considered bha,L, r,rhcre bhls Co,r'nissien founcl Hozumi 'guilty undcr
but one spcci.fice.tion of pr.rü.icinä.L5-ng,in bhe.dceth of lrvrin b5q choking and
süabbingt and sinqe ühcre"liJer.e, p-s hes been disclosed'in ühe opinion aborre, tuo
separaüe ofjcnqqs resulting froq thc: chokinC alrd-''the,stal:bing,r''he is gutlty 6g
bhe,grieaüef:off enseirrame1y,ofki11-lns:Iiwin'b5rsto.bbing...
As'to Spectficabions 2 end 3
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be.t'ond
(Iyianrlna): It is eonsidcredt that ihere is
ovfa ffiäE-EEffi]tJ rnävJ tirc-ElGe b iqrrs in th'e se spec if i ca.t ions
The- rccord-di.sc1oscs..thF.ü the ecbr;s'ed-had g faif -trial'.-
'doubl,.
a rea
The)r l'iere-ebly
--'reü'tiented.-by eonnetent'counÄel.'fxäeot-"s'itär ueJn noirited or"rt in Lhe.obinioä
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"lä8. ab;6, tho'rääord thd'räeora i€iilö tö-disclose enyl-'emrir-lr']tfch atribcted:tlie-subsütint'1aJ.^ .
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iai-rö tö-rlisclose eny.-'er16r-'aiafch af;!4'pted-tlie-subsügnt'lal - .
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qtphts of .!h9 acgused.- or 9,_ny-fai!rlib,to.iftrord thcm a($iz2 $v'i,al in cvery'res-pecür'"
rnä Thc fhc Evta*röjl-supForus dvld*&e Evide&od,-supüolfs
suppolfs thJeindi-n$, thc tindi-n.B€r tindi-nFb. exeepü cxeepü as as'halislccen as hasncän-fMca ha.'sncen hötcd frMcd in ttris ühis ühj.s oginig!. ollxioq. og5nion. _ __: t.-.
-There l-s no eviäänce;bhaü,the'acäGeC. r',r€ie noü spne at the tine the alrlegcd act-s."-
',relc con'n-iüted qnC ab bhe bime of triel. a -
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i. gecomrnendctions:-
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There --F-:re'nJ
retttrs of clementji ttot .eny nenber's-of t4e Co."anissloB.
.The letbers of'pieniency bearing thousand,ä of sip:n.".-turci fr-o'n oLEers conccrning
the agö'usöd h^e.ve been read end ce:refu.l-I}' qonsiderbd.
:Susegar\re:
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The Con'nlssion senüenced this
The $enLcnce is legaI o,
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accused'üo be hanged b;' bhe neck until dead'
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the.: reasong'set forth in ühe abovc opinion iü is rccor,rqencleci thaü.
this accused. be found guilty of onl-;z .so ,nuch of lle specificabion as would find
irin guiltlr of the lessär inäluaed offense of causing an assault vrith intenL to
kil-l,
The record sho',,,s itnt ,f,i" accused lr,.g.s the victinr of bad advice conccrnlng
a, Japanese regulation a:1d believed thrr-t the execuLion of lr'*'in v,'as legal.
In-{aeü, he nna.d-e a- conscienüious study of iü hj-nself aid concl-uded iL was proper.
Adtt:üo [tr:s ttlc fa-cü thl.t he llas orclered b;t his la.r,ful superior to ha'vc hitn
orecuLed., and iü is clee-r thaü .the ettenäion'of. cle,rencl.' is nrcribgd: ' is belicvcd
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üha-b thiÄ is the tSpe of ca-se fornhich the SCAP pryovisiön for mitige.tion 9r! .
"urrt..,""r'v..üere ecäüsea acüed- rmd-er supcrior orrlers, r.'It's r?earü üo ap$y.. It isrthereforä,
furLher reconnendecl ühe.t the sentence of deaLh bl' hanging be corunuüed"
to trvent;;five (25) i/ears'of confinencnb et herd labor'
(p. 10, Sugeser'.'e cü al,
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