being aware of the scheduled trial 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;
essendo al corrente della data fissata, 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;