An Italian Criminal Association.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1891, Page 2

An Italian Criminal Association.

165 Cptfonittfti to Gaol. " " c! •' -'• Home, May 25. ■A trial >vliiali wo« held. at Bali in the AdKatic, v Jlnd ' which has been 'followed' with, a wonderful, amount of interest, has, just concluded. Some 180 persons were arrested about two months ago on a charge of belonging to " the Malavita," an Italian criminal association, and much of the cvi-, uence whicli Wrts given in 'the case was of a sensational charactor. , The court found 165 of the prisoners guilty, and sentenced them to' t6i'ms of imprisonment 'ranging from six liiontlia to fifteen years..' '

■ (Speoial tp Proas Association.) ;

. London, May 22. . In the Pfobate, Divorce, and Admiralty. Court, on Tuesday, Captain O'Shea will apply "to have the decree made absolute in Ihe divorce base of O'Shea v. O'Shea add Parnell. .

On the application of the Ofown to-day the amount of bail ostteated in- the oase oE afegsw Dillon and O'Brien, M.P.%rih6Mii the country while o>v bail, but subsequently" returned and surrendered . themselves,' waa reduced to one half,

;: PABIS,May22. ■ The Frenoh grain" orops are in a oritioal coaditipn, and thei official estimates of the yield show a defioienoy in the home supply of twenty million hectolitres.

Beblin, May 21, The Pope has written co the Emperor urging him to assist in oarrying out (ho pro-i poaals contained in the Enoyolioal letter of His Holiness for State intervention between oapital and labour.

' ; '' ■■i -, :■ . ', 'Pawjoma, MaySJ. The publio executioner aY lianipur states that ue received bis orders for the killing of Measrs Quinton, Grimwood, and others from the Sonupati,

The prisoners were plaoed in a standing position with ohains on their legß, and (heir hands tied behind their baoke, and while in that helpless position their heads were 1 severed from their bodies with a Burmesd knife. i ,