The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-08
HAD
 NO LAWYER AT
 TRIAL IN KOREA
Was Given Six Months Pe- nal Servitude On Charge of Sheltering Korean
 AgitatOrs
By Assoeiated Pres,


 Tokio, May 5-The Rev. E. M Mowry ot Mansfield. O., an American Presbyter- an missionary had no lawyer to repre- sent nm in the court of Pyeng Yang when he was convicted recently and sen 'ehced to six months penal servitude for sfelter1ng Korean agtators in the in- dependence movement The trial was held after one days notice to the accused and neither he nor his friends who were m court watching but taking no part
 Ill the case were notified until after the trlal that they. could have asked for and obtained postponement
 These facts are stated by the Rev Sam ue. A. Moffett, who has charge of the American Prestvterian missionary at Pyeng Yang. The Rev. Mir. Moffett has called them to the attention of the Jap anese authorities at Pyeng Yang and for Warded statement of the facts to the American consul at Seoul
 The Rev. MT Moffett attended the hear ing in the case of the Rev MT Mowry oefore the district court and made de- tailed report of the proceedings in which ne stated that he called upon MT Mowry tben under arrest, on April 10 A detective informed Mir. Moffett that MT. Mowrv probably would be sent to Seoul, but on April IA both MT. Mowry and MT. Moffett were notified that Mir Mowry would be put on trial the next morning.
 The Rev. MT. Moffett's transcription of the evidence shows that the Rev. MT MONTY told the court that he was a teacher of the Union Christian college and principal of both the boys and girls grammar schools al Pyeng Yang, and that he had taught there since 1911. He said that he had admitted to his house hve Korean students for two days in March after the beginning of the inde- pendence movement. One of these had been his secrtary for six years and was so engaged until he was arrested by the Japanese.
 The missionary had given him money Tor school purposes for five years. The others were pupils he had taught The Rev. Mir. Mowry told the court that he had heard that the Christians and stu dents had held an independence meeting at the boys grammar school, that he had nothing whatever to do with it. but heard they had read a declaration of ndepend- ence, raised the Korean flag and marched down the streets shouting "mansei Qong live Korea). The missionary declared that he had heard that the police were going to arrest the students, but that when the boys came to his home they did not tell him why they wanted to stay there, did not say they were in hiding from the Japanese and that he told them that he could not protect them if they were uclHS dHNlnlHS they SnOulQ not QO.
 Would you not think that in coming to the house of a westerner there was some thing up?" asked the judge through an interpreter.
 Koreans often slept at my house. and could only guess at it in view of the times" replied the Rev. MT. Mowry
 Did you know that they secretly dis tributed announcements and that the po- lice were hunting for them?' asked the judge.
 q knew the police were trying to arrest such men,, said MT. Mowry, but I did not know these boys had done it. ., guessed that the police were hunting for them. They said nothing to me about fleeing from the police did not hide them as fugituves. I made no effort to conceal them, and I told them l could not do so.
 If I had been informed that the po- lice were trying to arrest them and had concealed them it would have been wrong; but I did not know that they were crim- nals. If anyone had come to arrest them and I had concealed them it would have been wrong. Concerning the independence