Show 1 7 t t r T Tigers ti 1 To End in 3 More Dys D 1 y MANILA Dec 4 UP UP Gen Tomoyuki charged charge with responsibility for tor tho the Japanese Japa Japa- nese neM rape of or Manila and th the slaughter of ot civilians civilian an anwar and war prisoners will learn hi his fate fat Friday It was announced Tuesday The Un United ted States military corn mission which b began gan try trying ng him Oct 29 oh on a a. count indictment for war crimes was In recess Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- da day prosecution and defense defens attorneys attorneys' prepared their final pleas for tor delivery Wednesday MaJ Gen R. R B B. B Reynolds fJ p pest est dent of the commission said laid th the five members of tho the tribunal would woul begin weighing the evidence following fol tol following lowing the summations and would woul return their verdict Friday Testimony in hi the case was concluded concluded con con- eluded in a session Monday night nigh was th the last witness He was called by the defense a as a witness to explain contradictory statements statement relative to Japanese Jurisdiction in trying guerillas Throughout his earlier direct testimony and examination cross-examination denied ordering deaths death or even kno knowing ying about the scores score of ot atrocities which had been de described described described de- de scribed by prosecution witnesses Counsel for tor tiled filed fileca fileda a petition for a writ of h habeas beas corpus with the the- supreme court o othe of the United States charging hi his trial was Illegal megal and asking thaha that tha he ha be bo returned to the status o of at prisoner of war A deci decision lon Ion wa was expected in a n. few weeks A similar petition had been denied denied de de- de- de nied previously by the Philippines Philippine supreme court |