MAFIA TERRORISTS.
Gaoled for Life. 154 MEMBERS OF GANG ON TRIAL. ROME, January 11. Tho Mafia, th*; notorious iSicilian ’li'ccret .society, htes la-d L*.*en brought to judgment- The jury’s verdict, after three months’ trial of 154 uj wbers, found all but seven guilty. The prosecutor demanded that seven of the accused should be sentenced to penal servitude for life, eight others to thirty years, and the remainder to between five and twentyfive 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.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19280113.2.12
Bibliographic details
Grey River Argus, 13 January 1928, Page 2
Word Count
98MAFIA TERRORISTS. Grey River Argus, 13 January 1928, Page 2
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.