Note Note 5 — Front matter (continued 7)
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5. Hyacinthus de Archangelis (Italian, Giacinto Arcangeli), Procurator Pauperum, was Guido's chief defender, not an attorney employed privately by the defendant, but an official States' attorney for the defence. The Roman court procedure in all cases assumed the right and obligation of the State to conduct both sides of a criminal case.