TO JUDGMENT
MAFIA SECRET SOCIETY. 154 MEMBERS CONVICTED. TERRORISM FOR FIFTY YEARS. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) ROME, January 11. The Mafia, the notorious Sicilian secret society, has at last been brought to judgment. The jury, in a verdict after a three months' trial of 154 members, found all but seven guilty. The prosecutor demanded that sevem accused should be sentenced to penal servitude for life, eight others to 30 years', and the remainder to terms between five and 25 years. Efforts to suppress the Mafia have been recorded as far back as 1874, from when it terrorised Sicily and elsewhere by murder, robbery 'and smuggling.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 78, 12 January 1928, Page 5
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109TO JUDGMENT Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 78, 12 January 1928, Page 5
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