All 16 defendants found guilty by the Tribunal in case No. I petitioned for clemency to the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation in accordance with Article XVII of Ordinance No. 7. Each of the condemned defendants, with the exception of the defendant Poppendick, also petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus and for a writ of prohibition against the proceeding or an order nullifying the trial and setting the defendants at liberty. Moreover, all defendants, with the exception of the defendant Becker-Freyseng, filed appeals of some kind with the Secretary of War. From these various types of petitions, six are set forth below in whole or in part as follows: petition of appeal to the Secretary of War for the defendant Karl Brandt, page 302; petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a writ of prohibition to the Supreme Court of the United States by the defendant Rose, pp. 303 to 306; extracts from the petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a writ of prohibition to the Supreme Court of the United States by the defendant Schroeder, pp. 307 to 308; petition for review to the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation for the defendant Genzken, pp. 309 to 318; clemency plea to the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation for the defendant Rudolf Brandt, pp. 319 to 321; and clemency plea to the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation for the defendant Poppendick, pp. 322 to 326. b. Selections from the Petitions to the Military Governor, the Supreme Court of the United States, and to the Judge Advocate General _FOR THE DEFENDANT KARL BRANDT_ Nuernberg, 4 September 1947. The Secretary of War, Judge Advocate General, War Department, Washington, D.C., United States of America. Professor Dr. Karl BRANDT, Petitioner, Defense Counsel Dr. R. Servatius, attorney-at-law, Cologne _vs._ United States of America Petition of Appeal No.—— As defense counsel of the defendant Professor Dr. med. Karl Brandt, I herewith lodge an appeal against the verdict of the Military Tribunal No. I at Nuernberg in Case I, of 19 and 20 August 1947, by which the defendant was sentenced to death. For justification of my appeal against the indictment on which the verdict is based, as well as the verdict itself, I refer to the following documents, copies of which are attached: (_a_) Application for review, dated 28 August 1947, addressed to the Chief of Military Government for the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. (_b_) Application for writ of habeas corpus, dated 28 August 1947, addressed to the Supreme Court of the United States of America.