Defendant: Motoyashiki, Shinichi, civilian employee oat Hirohata P.O.W. Camp

Docket No./ Date: 19/ Mar. 19, 1946, Yokohama, Japan(?)

Charge: 1. Committed cruel, inhuman and brutal atrocities against American POWs

Specifications:

Verdict: 20 years confinement/ Sentence Upheld

Reviewing Authority's Recommendations: 1. Accused "never claimed that he was ordered to beat a prisoner of war by any higher authority" and based on the creation of a heavier, "reform bat" for beatings by the accused, found that the accused "had too much initiative" to have been compelled.

Reviewing Authority: Ralph W. Yarborough, Lt. Col., Assistant Staff Judge Advocate

Prosecution Arguments:

Defense Arguments: 1. Admitted to slapping, striking and splashing water on prisoners of war but denied harsher beatings and torture of prisoners 2. Denied knowing about some of the charges in the indictment

Judge Advocate's Recommendations: