However, in the Otsu incident which occurred during his tenure as the Minister of Home Affairs, he demanded the death penalty for Sanzo TSUDA, the culprit, and exerted a great deal of pressure such as intimidating the Chief of Daishin-in (Predecessor of the Supreme Court of Japan), Korekata KOJIMA,.
しかし、内務大臣在職中に起こった大津事件に際しては犯人の津田三蔵の死刑を主張し、大審院長の児島惟謙を恫喝するなど強い圧力をかけた。