Angelo Santino wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:54 pm
1837:
QUESTIONS OF FACT
1. Do you know that Gattina is guilty of murder in the person of Francesco Paolo Prato, and of excitement to the people to commit the massacre against a class of people?
2. Do you know that the brothers
Pietro and Luca Mirra have taken an active part in the aforementioned crimes?
3. Do you know that the remaining Spallina, Ferriera, Trapani, Giovenco, Zito, Rosalia, Vavila, Benvenuto,
Maranzano, Zimmardi and Macaluso are guilty of attempted massacre?
Considering that the public examination has prepared the following facts:
1. The morning of 11 next July in this was killed in the courtyard of the Conceziono al Capo the named Francesco Paolo Prato, because he was believed to be the proponator of poison; the first to attack him was Vincenzo Gattina; the brothers
Pietro and Luca Mirra took an active part in it, and all three excited the crowd to bring the massacre towards the class of people, made to be believed to be a propagator of poison; with attacking by the feet and publicly dragging the body of the interceptor through several streets, often proclaiming the voices of Viva S. Rosalia, preceded even by Salvatore Zito, who waved a handkerchief; Hurrying the said Gattina as troublemaking to deal with that huge crime, announcing that after that they had to go to the Police Directorate to do the same in person of another subject, who said he was puranco propagator of poison.
2. That the other aforementioned Spallina, Ferriera, Trapani, Giovenco, Zito, Rosalia, Vavila, Benvenuto and
Maranzano made this attempt.
3. That Zimmardi was seen at the time of that union.
Considering that the generic of the murder is well based on the report of the health expert; Considering for the specification that the facts expressed above come from sufficient disputed documents and witnesses;
Considering that the real object of the attackers was not only to kill the man who mistakenly believes they were the author of poisoning, but that of inviting the people to the massacre of indeterminate individuals, who wanted to make the perpetrators of such alleged crimes believe, or this the object of carrying out further searches for poisons in the houses of the city peace, as they had said in wanting also to kill an existing person in the Police Directorate, and thus helping the killers and the robberies; For these reasons, the aforementioned Commission has unanimously declared, and declares
1. Finding to be the aforementioned Gattina,
Pietro and Luca Mirra brothers, Spallina, Ferriera, Trapani,
Giovenco, Zito, Rosalia, Vavila, Benvenuto and
Maranzano guilty of their respective crimes as a consequence of the queries.
2. Do not find enough to be Zimmardi guilty of the crime for which he was to be prevented, by ordering to obtain a large instruction to remain in prison during the same.
3. To ascertain that he is not the last, that is Macaluso, guilty of the crime with which he was accused, and to put himself once again in absolute freedom.
Finally, behind the straight question proposed by the President, the aforementioned Commission came with the same uniformity of votes to condemn imentate individuals to the following classification of penalties, namely:
1. Vincenzo Gattina to death penalty with shooting and with the 2nd degree of public example according to art. 130 of the criminal laws.
2.
Pietro and Luca Mirra brothers to death penalty by shooting in accordance with art. 131 of the said laws. (A century later and Mirras were still getting shot.)
3. Salvatore Spallina at the 3rd degree of irons for twenty-four years, in accordance with art. 132 of the above-mentioned laws.
4. Salvatore Zito at the 2nd grade of the irons for eighteen years.
5. Gioacchino Ferrierı, Gaetano Trapani and
Ignazio Giovenco on the fence for years! 3.
6. Giuseppe Rosalia, Giacomo Vavila, Angelo Benvenuto and
Salvatore Maranzano to imprisonment for six years, being of a minor age.
Finally, he condemned all the aforementioned individuals jointly and severally to the costs of the judgment in favor of the Real Treasury.
In the end he condemned the more repeated Spallina, Zito, Ferriera, Trapani, Giovenco, Rosalia, Vavila, Benvenuto and
Maranzano to the curse for three years under penalty of 300 ducats.
He also ordered the execution of this sentence tomorrow morning at 7 a.m., and that 200 copies be printed in print for the corresponding publication and branch.
All by the care and diligence of the Captain Rapporteur.
Made, read and published today in continuation of the trial in Palermo,
on August 4, 1837.
Signed:
Ludovico Matina artillery colonel president.
Giuseppe Ferrara captain of the first grenadiers.
Job Romanzi captain of the 1st line.
Francesco Valliso captain of the 2nd line.
Antonio Albertis 1st Lieutenant of the 1st Grenadiers.
Gaetano Prinzivalli 1st lieutenant of the 10th line.
Domenico Patierno captain speaker.
Gaetano Vanni judge of the Civil Court, man of law.
Francesco D 'Avella 2nd sergeant of 1st line King, chancellor.
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Captain Speaker DOMENICO PATIERNO, major assistant.
. I feel like I'm reading this for the first time. I don't remember even posting this, where I got it from but I promise I didn't make it up. I'm like Nemo (Jose Coronado) with Alzheimers on Netflix's Unauthorized Living, minus the drug empire. I forget things.
