There being no capital punishment in Italy at the time, he was sentenced in Milan on August 29, 1900, to penal servitude for life on Santo Stefano Island near Ventotene, where numerous other anarchists had also been sent over the years.
Det fanns inget dödsstraff i Italien vid den tiden, och han dömdes i Milano den 29 augusti 1900 till livstids straffarbete på ön Santo Stefano nära Ventotene, dit många andra anarkister också hade sänts under årens lopp.