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MEE POONA ewe Wwyr Oo we ee ber bu bY on the Molian poudnasuta and tie island of Sicily), legal mattera relating to the Jsland, were handled through Naples, the principal seat of government. Thie legal | ie (100-42303-306, enclosure, p. Mn). paver, it is sald, dict not reach Sicily satlsfactorily, | Toa add to the public confusion, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded South (3) _ Maly jn 1796 aad conducted’ a military campaign which lasted until 1797. The * jlian cOUMryfide became a scene of brigandage and disorder. The Poarbon rocting had created police groups, "armed companies’ _ which were chared with maintaining public order, but counted among their ” numbers a varie: colinsion with thelr Bourkoaa masters to comout crimes themselves. Poblic ordar was in eiiuct left to the local people. They are sald to - ' "ft justice’ according to their own judgments. (1009-42303 -306, encl., p. 17 “Np sake Thas been std that tha Mia derived from this unofficial system : of "juries. " havea farmed "i HUVve iormed (4) Guirdi ‘ere Hired Po | vetect the Estates On the grect landed cstates, the gaballottl, wealthy entrepreneurs rho rented the estates from toeir absentee owners and sublet the lands to the pevsantry, had become tn etlect a rural ruling class. hey were usually linked to falerm®?, where revts were paid and decisions were made. To maltntain their