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essendo al corrente della data fissata, l'interessato aveva conferito un mandato ad un difensore, nominato dall'interessato o dallo stato, per patrocinarlo in giudizio, ed è stato in effetti patrocinato in giudizio da tale difensore;
being aware of the scheduled trial the person had given a mandate to a legal counsellor, who was either appointed by the person concerned or by the state, to defend him or her at the trial, and was indeed defended by that counsellor at the trial;