JAPANESE ASTOUNDED
Press Assn,
FAIRNESS OF BRITISH JUSTICE
By Telegravh
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•Received Vvednesday, 8.20 p.m. SYDNEY, April 9. ' "I was surprised at the opportunity given hie to speak the truth in my defence, and that rne Austraiian Army provided me with legal assistance. I think Eritish justice is the fairest in tne world," spid a Japanese navali ciiicer after being acquitted of the j mnrder of a Chinese civilian at Rabaul. The trial investigated circumstances snrroanding the heheading of a Chinese for stealing food during the Japanese oceupation of Nauru Island.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1946, Page 5
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