▁sympt oms ▁of ▁am nes ia ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁February , ▁part way ▁through ▁the ▁pro sec ution ' s ▁case . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁for ▁H ess ' s ▁defence ▁was ▁presented ▁from ▁ 2 2 ▁to ▁ 2 6 ▁March ▁by ▁his ▁lawyer , ▁Dr ▁Alfred ▁Se id l . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁while ▁H ess ▁accepted ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁many ▁decre es ▁he ▁had ▁signed , ▁he ▁said ▁these ▁matters ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁internal ▁work ings ▁of ▁a ▁so ver eign ▁state ▁and ▁thus ▁outside ▁the ▁pur view ▁of ▁a ▁war ▁cr imes ▁trial . ▁He ▁called ▁to ▁the ▁stand ▁Ernst ▁Wilhelm ▁Boh le , ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁NS D AP / A O , ▁to ▁test ify ▁on ▁H ess ' s ▁beh alf . ▁When ▁Griff ith - J ones ▁presented ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁organisation ' s ▁sp ying ▁in ▁several ▁countries , ▁Boh le ▁test ified ▁that ▁any ▁war like ▁activities ▁such ▁as ▁esp ion age ▁had ▁been ▁done ▁without ▁his ▁permission ▁or ▁knowledge . ▁Se id l ▁called ▁two ▁other ▁witness es , ▁former ▁mayor ▁of ▁Stuttgart ▁Karl ▁Str ö lin ▁and ▁H ess ' s ▁brother ▁Alfred , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁ref uted ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁the ▁NS D AP / A O ▁had ▁been ▁sp ying ▁and ▁f oment ing ▁war . ▁Se id l ▁presented ▁a ▁summ ation ▁of ▁the ▁defence ' s ▁case ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁July , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁attempted ▁to