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Show FOREIGN. GERMANY. The Yon Arnim Trial. Berlin, 15. Aftfrthe eridenca ni closed the prosecutor made a speech for lh crown. He declared lue accused ac-cused waa gm'ly ol bad iaith and hia statements lo be unworthy of credit. He argued that the count purposely abstracted the documents, never hav ins intention of returning them. The revelations communicated show that he used weapons for the campaign against Bismarck, but when accused, retreated almost before the attack waa com menced. Ihe echo of the assassin's shot at Kissingen, was too much lor him. HiB offense was without extenuation exten-uation and waa aggravated by the rank of the accused. Nevertheless continued the prosecutor, the government gov-ernment woull refrain from demanding de-manding the deprivation of 'hia civil rtghta. Herr Holtzendorf, counsel for the defense, argued that even if all the charges were admitted, an acquital was unavoidable on purely legal grounds. It could not be maintained that the crown had any proprietary right in the missing documents of the accuied. Iu hi. conflict with Bis-mark, Bis-mark, he considered he was defending defend-ing his honor. |