Trail Of Josef Tiso: III Capital Charges -- Josef Tiso Sits in The Bratislava court listening to the charges against him being read Dec 2. The trial of Josef Tiso, Roman Catholic President of Slovakia, on III Capital charges opened in Bratislava Dec 2. The 213-page indictment said the accused sought contact with Hitler, Goering, Ribbentrop and other leading Nazis to Enlist their help in severing Slovakia from the Czechoslovak state. The court overruled Defence counsel's contention that Tiso should be tried by an International court and claims to Parliamentary immunity for the prisoner. December 17, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).