. NMT04-T0621
Volume IV · Page 621
| MEYER-HETLING: Yes. JUDGE CRAWFORD! Was the indictment in the German language served upon you at least 30 days ago? MEYER-HETLING: Yes. JUDGE CRAWFORD: Have you read the indictment? MEYER-HETLING: Yes. JUDGE CRAWFORD: How do you plead to this indictment, guilty or not guilty? MEYER-HETLING: I am innocent JUDGE CRAWFORD: Be seated. [At this point the balance of the defendants were arraigned. All; were represented by counsel. All pleaded not guilty to the indictment.] PRESIDING JUDGE WYATT: For the benefit of counsel both the prosecution and the defense, the Tribunal desires to make certain announcements. On account of the time required for the translation of documents and final pleas, it appears to be necessary that they be filed at some date in advance of the conclusion of the trial of the case. For that reason, after the case begins, a date will be fixed, of which you will have due notice, after which no documents or final pleas will be received. For that reason it becomes necessary that you get your documents and your final pleas in order and ready to be presented early in the trial of the case. After this deadline date has been fixed, of which you will be notified — that is, some time after the beginning of the trial, — after that date, no documents or final pleas will be received. There will be no recess after the conclusion of the presentation of the evidence on the part of the prosecution. We will move immediately after the prosecution has finished, into the hearing of the evidence on behalf of the defendants. The Tribunal is of the opinion that reading excerpts from documents introduced in evidence will not be helpful to the Court. You will simply identify your documents, both for the prosecution and defense, introduce them in evidence, and then in your briefs, call the attention of the Court to those portions of the documents you considered to be material. The Trial will begin on the 20th of this month so that the Court will now be in recess until 10 o'clock on 20 October. THE MARSHAL: The Tribunal will be in recess until Monday, 20 October 1947. |
