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           thatthefirstdocumentssubmittedaresometimesnotevenreadbythecourt.Theysimplyputthemwiththeotherdocumentsandpointoutthat,forthetimebeing,questioningandobservingtheaccusedaremuchmoreimportantthananythingwritten.Iftheapplicantbecomesinsistent,thentheyaddthatbeforetheycometoanydecision,assoonasallthematerialhasbeenbroughttogether,withdueregard,ofcourse,toallthedocuments,thenthesefirstdocumentstohavebeensubmittedwillalsobecheckedover.Butunfortunately,eventhisisnotusuallytrue,thefirstdocumentssubmittedareusuallymislaidorlostcompletely,andeveniftheydokeepthemrighttotheendtheyarehardlyread,althoughthelawyeronlyknewaboutthisfromrumour.Thisisallveryregrettable,butnotentirelywithoutitsjustifications.ButK.shouldnotforgetthatthetrialwouldnotbepublic,ifthecourtdeemsitnecessaryitcanbemadepublicbutthereisnolawthatsaysithastobe.Asaresult,theaccusedandhisdefencedon’thaveaccesseventothecourtrecords,andespeciallynottotheindictment,andthatmeanswegenerallydon’tknow-oratleastnotprecisely-whatthefirstdocumentsneedtobeabout,whichmeansthatiftheydocontainanythingofrelevancetothecaseit’sonlybyaluckycoincidence.