At the first court hearing of the two defendants held in September of that year, 11 lawyers participated as the defendants' lawyers (including the aforementioned Chihiro SAEKI) along with 3 other law faculty staff such as Shigejiro TAHATA as special lawyers.
同年9月に開かれた被告2名の初公判では、被告側の弁護人として11名の弁護士（この中には先述の佐伯千仭が含まれている）のほか、田畑茂二郎ら3名の法学部教官が特別弁護人として参加した。