Show J japanese 9 wah dm 1 1 courts S simple hm I 1 ea and n d Q quiet 14 t no wrangling of counsel allowed and sentences generally are fair CASES TRIED WITHOUT JURY aur many unusual points of difference between american tribunals and their counterparts in japan minor cases to police tokyo A japanese criminal court Is 14 almost st is as difficult to get into us as a spectator ns as it Is difficult to get out of 11 us a a prisoner but there are enough unusual points of difference between american tribu tribunals nall and their caunter parts in japan to make nt at least one visit instructive instinctive if riot not profitable criminal trials lit in are public but riot not blatantly so and lulo idle curiosity Is nol nd encouraged to beber be ber per milled to even enter tile grounds sur rounding tile court bull building dIngo one roust must secure the lie formal permission of the stern police at the agate gate and that permission pel mission la Is only secured tI through lOugh tile presentation of some good reason why the solicitor should be pe permitted to puss pass I 1 once past the guardian of tile the gate gutc however ono one may proceed into tho the room itself trouble provided el always flint he removes tits tila hat immediately ho he enters the building removes ills his overcoat oer over cont it if lie he happens to he be henring one walks quietly and holds fields its his remarks and question ques tlona fi down to a faint whisper in the main ninin courthouse in tokyo which houses hoes the court anti OW various local courts corresponding to the american circuit courts the corridors corr ldora are arc lined line during darlng g the by be bc gen dar darmes nies between the alio rows of which tile ona 1 with bil business siness before the lie judges warily walks no chance Is lost to impress upon everyone the fact that the dignity of the law in japan Is something which velch roust must not be trifled with minor cases to police ordinary police court caleff cases in japan oro disposed of in the police stations themi themselves elves and ill the police inspectors in charge have the power to exercise a wide discretion ordinary dranka of whom there nrc are very few considering that flint every corner grocery store and eap PV aen en house and ant lilt sells cells in t sh ints tint and there are shops shop evet cera hundred on oil nl al most every street tiro tire simply kept long enough to sober up and are discharged with a stern warning arning iv once lie ho has been sent to a prisoners troubles trouble 4 commence As a preliminary to all elso else lie he la Is photographed to and finger printed a da d aided reversal reve asal of the lie american prin caple which bars a ninn man from the rogues gallery until ho he ling has been convicted of a felony from F yom tho the photograph room rind the ink inic pad the prisoner passes on oil for hla his examination a legalized thard till rd degree bield in nn an underground der ground room without benefit of counsel lio Is sweated perhaps tor for several days in succession then after waiting ills his turn the prisoner goes to the lie local court where lie ho faces a bench of li usually four judges one of whom Is lend head judge and who does nil tile questioning of tile witnesses on oil the beach also sits tile prosecuting lawyer with uio lawyer for tile defense occupying n d desk and sent immediately facing tile tho head everything la Is solemn everything OVery thing Is decorous mid without a jury to im amess there tire ore none li ne of those flights of oratory with which tho the american lawyers cull upon heaven to witness either cither the scandalous nature of the prisoners crime or the lialo halo of innocence su so plain to tho the attorney for tho the defense tho the prisoners sit in a prisoners box until their anso Is called when they stand one by one before tilt the judges and a are re polished ori on in rapid sue succession blon handling liand ling of the handling ofilio prisoners is pure Japar japanese kese delivered fit at tho the trial the prisoners fire are marched brorn the wagon wagon in single ingle file handcuffed and I 1 tied left rr pt by it rope that circles each mans and Is twisted through ills his obi the most unusual sual of all to a stranger Is tile fact that flint each prisoner has him hend head covered fly by a n wicker mask more like lliso an inverted wastepaper basket than llian anything ele tho the object of which M 1 to prevent recognition of tile lie prisoner to permit him to tilde hide his nn under tile disguise arid very possibly sibly to prevent tho the whole nia ille from froin making A n bolt for liberty the sight of a prisoner pr laoner r BO 0 arrayed Is 1 ghastly tile mask bringing up un tile tho suggestion of tho the hang mans C cap h p once in the prisoners hyx b ox however hoi Vever this th masks ire are removed remove while tho the prisoners sit with bowed lien da in nn an attitude of the burkill ity t japanese have the it kaije a cje ot of bellig being filar cusa tile the bench beach 11 Is honest |