COLOZZA v. ITALY JUGDMENT 3 26 September 1984 (Rule 38). He also decided that the hearings would relate only to Mr. Colozza’s case and not to that of Mr. Rubinat. On 12 July, the President granted to the Agent of the Government leave to use the Italian language at the hearings (Rule 27 para. 2). On 14 August, the Registrar received Mrs. Colozza’s claims under Article 50 (art. 50) of the Convention and, on 18 September, the Government’s observations thereon. On 31 August and 26 September, the Commission and the Government filed a certain number of documents which the Registrar, acting on the President’s instructions, had requested them to supply. Further documents were lodged by the applicant’s representative on 10 and 12 December. 8. The hearings were held in public at the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on the appointed day. Immediately before they opened, the Court had held a preparatory meeting at which it had decided, inter alia, to sever the case of Mr. Rubinat from that of Mr. Colozza. There appeared before the Court: - for the Government Mr. G. BOSCO, Minister Plenipotentiary, Diplomatic Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Co-Agent, Mr. A. GIARDA, avvocato and professor at Milan University, Counsel; - for the Commission Mr. J. SAMPAIO, Delegate; - for the applicant Mr. A. MIELE, avvocato, Counsel. The Court heard their addresses and their replies to its questions. AS TO THE FACTS I. THE PARTICULAR FACTS OF THE CASE 9. Mr. Giacinto Colozza was born in 1924 and died in 1983. He was an Italian citizen and lived in Rome. 10. On 20 June 1972, the carabinieri reported the applicant to the Rome public prosecutor’s office for various alleged offences, including fraud, committed before November 1971. They said that they had not questioned the suspect because they had failed to contact him at his last-known address. In fact, his flat, in via Longanesi, had been closed and his furniture seized by the judicial authorities; the manager of the building, who was also the