STRANGE ITALIAN CASE

Evening Star, Issue 20986, 28 December 1931, Page 6

STRANGE ITALIAN CASE

IDENTITY OF A MAH HIGH COURT'S DECISION Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, December 27. (Received December 28, at 12.45 p.m.) By a majority of 8 to 7 the High Court decided that the mystery man is the criminal Bruneri. ’ The decision means that Bruneri must face charges of fraud and forgery while allegedly posing as Professor Canella. [A message received on May 2 stated: An amazing case, which has been drawn out for four years, has settled a mystery which baffled criminologists and psychologists. The question was whether a man who lost his memory was Professor Canella (who was missing in war time) or a notorious criminal, Mario Bruneri (who escaped _ from gaol). Signorina Canella’s positiveness that he was her long-lost husband was supported by the testimony of the Bishop of Verona and many lawyers. Similarly Signorina Brunori’s certainty was supplemented by the police finger prints. The Court of Appeal decided that the man is Bruneri, who willnow serve the eight years of his unfinished sentence. Meanwhile he has two young children by Signorina Canella.,]