THE HEARING OF GAVRILO PRINCIP -- 12 OCTOBER 1914
In the afternoon
Pr.: -Call Gavrilo Princip. (He is brought in.) Do you consider yourself guilty?
Acc.: - I am not a criminal, because I destroyed that which was evil. I think that I am good.
Pr.:-And what about her?
Acc.:-I did not wish to kill her, I killed her accidentally.
Pr.:-So you don't consider yourself guilty? (No.) Then tell us in detail from the beginning how you developed your ideas of killing the Heir Apparent. To begin, what schools did you attend?
Acc.:-Three classes of the Business School, then I passed an examination for the fourth class of the gymnasium and then I was here and in Tuzla for some time.
Pr.:-Which years?
Acc.:-More than four years ago.
Pr.
id you fail?
Acc.:-No, rather in Tuzla I passed the examination from the Business School into the gymnasium. I came here from Tuzla.
Pr.:-How long did you study here at the gymnasium?
Acc.: -I attended the fifth class here for two months, then I was sick for two months and continued as a private student. I did not wish to take the examinations here, so I went to Belgrade.
Pr.:-Why?
Acc.:-That is my private affair.
Pr.
id you have the means to go?
