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‘1 2 3 mM 5 6 - ° : 9 (5) The Local Groupings i.e 10 OO | ‘hs Local groupings of Mafiosi, formed of the toughest hoodiume in the 13 vicinity and led by self-imposed local chiefs, were believed to have perpetrated 5 16 most of the actual overt act3 of the conspiracy. They were accused of having | (18 done so singly in many cases, but often in pairs or smali groups. 5*9 20 (*) The Connection of the Local Groupings with the General el Conspiracy: A Permanent Common Agreement said To Exist ‘92 we a 2 Si , The Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Italy held in April 1934 that.6 . 25 = i 56 was clear from the whole of the statements made by witnesses and injured parties eT -28 . that the word Mafia indicated an association of persons permanently bound by a/ ” 30 common agreement, namely that to impose upon and exploit the honest and quiet > TO — 33 «citizens, and commit crimes aginst property and persons, ‘'Mafiosi" were those i 34 35 belonging to such association. It was averred by the Court that the same oy 37 evidence that pointed to the general existence of the criminal associationalso | -- ; ! 39 gerved te bring about the itontificstion of the single members. 41 yo (7) Some Alleged Proofs of the General Conspiracies: 43 . Associations, Meetings, Identl Ieation of Different Functions 4y of iembere of the Rings; Apparent Similarity of Intent; =| i 2 | Similarity cf Modus Qperandi; Alleged Fixing o Responaibility 47 for Overt Acts Appearing as Manifestations of a Conspiracy 4 ig Points made in the prosecution's atlempts to prove general conspiracy 50 | 51 in each of the territories included: (1) observations by police officers and other © 52 : | ’ 33 nas. 5k -~ 55 - ey cee “56 57 58 59 61 a OTE ts ay a a 7 be a 7 _ f +r *