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‘ : ; | 6 P'etro Ulloa, Attorney General of Trapani, Sicily, is said to have: ,).4) fi As | we e written to the Bourbon Minister of Justice of Paria on Auguat $, 1838. ‘Ulloa. oh -10 i: maa allegadly pointed out, in part, that there were “brotherhoods" in various towns, 12 I. 13 There were about seven "parties" which did not hold meetings and which had - i; . 1 only one thing in common: one leader, Here, said Ulloa, he may be a land-— aS 19 owner, elsewhere he may be a priest. One treasury was said to serve all 20.) «their purposes, Such purposes micht vary from exonerating an official to ruining him, or ta rufeing an Innocent man, The people, said Ulloa, had Come 23 “5. to anocreement with the criminals. When robberies occurred, mediators - 27- appeared who tried to ret the stolen objects back. Many high magistrates 29 ~—s protected these "brothorhonds, " such ag one “carlata, a judge of the Supreme 35 Civ) Court of Palermna, spd flrecusa, a hith mogtatrate. It was not possible to 33 get civilian policemen to patrol the streets and ft was not possible to find 7 7 35 i 36 = Witnerses to crimes committed in broad daylight. In the heart of Sicily, public? 38 © offices were for sale, and ju ‘tice was corrupted. Since 1820 the people had been - ‘3? (19) 19 “up ip orms," — . _ y u3 Confusion monnted as the Bourbon enthorities attempted to crush the 44 45 Carbonari movement. Nowever, Garioaldi succceded in invading Sicily from the i south in May, 1860, and with the help of the Crrbonarl drove the Bourbons out | Ms (20)