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Show Jitpiuirso Courts. A Japanese court room even now t far dill'crent from on American one. Imagine a room half of which is made up of a wooden rotrum three feet high, and the oilier half floored with stone, j Upon this rostrum tho judge-3 sit behind , little tables whicli are covered with green I cloth. In the common pleas and thej preliminary courts thero aro tlirco of these tables. The judge sits at tho center one. At his right is the prosecutor or prosecuting attorney, and at his left is the clerk. All three have little paint boxes before I hem with brushes for writing in black the Japanese characters, nnd no stenographers are used. Close up to this rostrum, m the pit Ix-tow, there is a low railing upon which the prisoner places his h.indtar.fl looks up at the judge as he is tried. There are no seats for the lawyers, law-yers, aud lawyers are not allowed inside the liar. At the extrome back of the room one or two benches stand for the accommodation of visitors, and upon these sometimes sit prisoners waiting to be tried. There Is no jury and the judge ex-j ex-j amines the prisoner himself. The prose-; prose-; cutor states the case first, however, and i the prisoner can employ counsel. 1 ; watched or two criminal trials. A h::If dozen ofTV-nilcra with handcuffs on1 1 their hands and with their arms tied to-1 get her with ropes, which were also bound ! , around their waists, were led by three i ropes t:ito the courts. The handcuffs j i were then t.iken olf and laid with the i I ropes on the seals while thu trial went1 ! ou. As f.-:r r.s I could t-oe the judge tried ! to get at the truth lind the trial seemed j ! to bo fair. Frank C Carpenter. |