Defendant: Mori, Kiyoichi, Commandant of Hiroshima POW Branch Camp No. 6

Docket No./ Date: 12/ Mar. 5-13, 1946, Yokohama, Japan

Charge: 1. Command Responsibility

Specifications:

Verdict: Confinement at hard labor for 15 years/ Setence upheld

Reviewing Authority's Recommendations: During Nori's command, many atrocities and inhuman beatings occurred, for which he was correctly held responsible. He either knew or, with "proper diligence," should have known what was happening.

Reviewing Authority: Reviewer, Judge Advocate Section

Prosecution Arguments:

Defense Arguments: 1. Instructed civilian and soldiers (in this case, kanayama only) not to beat POWs, as was ordered by the commander of main camp. 2. Reprimanded and threatened with discharge when complaints were received about beatings of POWs. 3. Otherwise, had no knowledge of abuses or when he saw abuse, he put a stop to it immediately

Judge Advocate's Recommendations: