Counsel Defends Goering at Nuremberg

Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1946, Page 5

Counsel Defends Goering at Nuremberg

Press Assn.

HESS' COUNSEL REBUKED

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Reeeived Saturday, 11 a.m. NURRMBERG, July 5. Goering, although nominally Hitler's second-in-command, had no special powers except in Hitler's absence from the Reich, said his counsel, Dr. Otto Stahmer, before the War Crimes Tribunal. Goering could neithe'r rescind, change nor supplement Hitler's orders. Dr. Stahmer claimed that Goering's infiuence was responsible for the Munich Pact. If Goering had gone further in his work for pe.ace he v/as risking a charge of high treason. He by-passed the Foreign G'A.ce, and tried to reach agreement ; v>\ ^Britain through the Sv/edisli j int fmediary, Dahlerus. The presiding judge, Lord Justice | Lawrence, twice rebnked Dr. Seidl, j counsel for Hess, within the first j three minutes of his final address i for not submitting his speech for j translation, and for arguing that t the Treaty of Versailles was unjust. I Later Lord Justice Lawrence re- ! fused to hear Dr. Seidl any more j uniil lie recast the speech in conformity with his ruling that the ; Versailles Treaty was irrevelant to I the indictment. i