Development of the Judicial System and Appointment System of Judges in Japan, in the First Half Period of MeijiEra -From the Viewpoint of Chugoku Region-

1.我们继续对诉讼卷宗进行调查，主要是在山口法院和广岛法院，每个月一次，后来在松江县的岩国支部。我们对广岛刑事案件的原判进行了初步调查。广岛律师协会成员、律师Masud，Osamu先生参与了我们的调查。他是一位非常活跃、非常有能力的律师。他为进一步调查刑事案件的原判作出了很大贡献。我们在曙道大学组织了一个“明治时代的法律和司法”协会(主席：Katoh教授)。我们举行了第一次会议，马苏达先生作了介绍。这个会议每年至少举行一次。出版了几篇以该项目为基础的文章和其他文章。我们被允许用数码相机为这些文件拍照。照片多达30000多张，因此我们决定将它们存储在硬盘中。总体而言，我们可以完成比项目开始时预期的更多的工作。我们衷心感谢你们对我们项目的财政支持。

1. We continued the investigation of the files of actions mainly at Yamaguchi and Hiroshima Courts, each once a month, and later at Iwakuni Branch, Matsue DC. We made a apreliminary investigation of original decisions of criminal cases in Hiroshima.2. Mr MASUD, Osamu, attorney at law, a member of Hiroshima Attorneys Association, participated in our investigations. He was a very active and a very competent lawyer. He contributed very much to the further investigation of original decisions of criminal cases.3. We organaized an association "Law and Judiciary in Meiji Era" (president : Prof.Katoh) at Shudo University. We had the first meeting, Mr.MASUDA gave a presentation. This meeting would be held at least once a Year.4. Several Articles and miscellaneous based upon this project were published.5. We were permitted to take pictures of the documents with digital cameras. And the photos reached to more than 30000 shots, therefore we decided to store them in HDDs.6. In total, we could perform more than we had expected at the beginning of the Project. We appreciate heartily Your financial support for our project.