RENEWAL OF CZECH TRIALS
Received Monday, 10.30 a.m. PRAGUE, March 14.. The Minis'ter .of iJusti'ce, Dr. Sepicka, predicted, in a speeeh today,-. drastic reform of the; legal system, including a purge of the courts, a renewal of the trials of collaborators and "offenders agai-nst national honour" and the establishment of people's courts of justice. H,e said: "Defending lawyers will no longer defend and hide criminals from the law, but defend only right and justice. The elections in May will confirm and approve the February events. Statements that M. Gottwald's Cabinet has instituted a dictatorship are slanders."
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1948, Page 5
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