Artukovic

First I want to compliment counsel for the courteous and competent manner in which this case was presented. Tension was high during the hearings and it would have been excusable if counsel had absorbed some of it. They maintained the decorum expected of them at all times and the respect due their opponent.

The briefs were necessarily voluminous. They show the industry and competency of the attorneys. I think I have read every case on extradition which is even remotely similar to any aspect of this case. No party could have received better representation.

The above entitled cause is now under submission for decision upon the amended complaint on extradition filed by the complainant’s predecessor on October 15, 1951, based upon an indictment entitled in the People’s Republic of Croatia, Presidency of the County Court, Zagreb, received on September 5, 1951. The amended complaint is in twenty-two counts charging the defendant with murder and with participation in murder during the period from April 16, 1941, to October 10, 1942, during which time the defendant was the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Independent State of Croatia.

Hearing on the amended complaint was commenced on…