Document cannot be opened as folios are stuck together and any attempt at opening the document would result in further damage to the document. It concerns the prosecution of a certain Joannes Maria Cassar for the wounding of Alfonso Grec.
Curia GubernatorialisAssault
84 Archival description results for Assault
Giovanne Calleja from Zebbug reports that he was assaulted several times by Eugenio Mallia.
Doctor Mattheus Rogliett confirms that he treated the priest Don Johannes Maria Zammit for a grevious wound in the head.
Magna Curia CastellaniaVincenza Cablun, widow of the deceased Vincentius, Marietta Mamo and Giovanna Borg, being all sisters, accuse Mariano Agius and Giuliano Bonnici of murdering their brother Leonardo Pantallarese, who died of his wounds after being repeatedly stabbed by them in Hal Luqa. Witness statements collected.
Magna Curia CastellaniaAngelo Ciuccala accusses Tommaso Salvaterra, Petrus Viano, and Johannes Paulus Barthalo of attacking him outside his home in Vittoriosa.
Magna Curia CastellaniaStephanus Galdes and Frangiu sive Franciscus Chiantar are accused of breaking the public peace by fighting outside the Auberge de Provence in Valletta.
Magna Curia CastellaniaSalvatore Grec from Attard is accused of stabbing Petrus Cutajar with a knife (pugnale). Petrus was stabbed outside the house of the sexton (sacristano) of the church of St Nicolas, called Salvo Monaco, while on his way home from the bottega of Johannes Maria De Bono in Attard. Witness statements collected. Sentence missing. The case was appealed and Salvatore failed to show up since he was then serving on the galleys of the order as a paid marine.
Curia CapitanalisPauluccius Dimegh (Dimech) from Zebbug is accused of wounding Ignatius Mifsud from the same village with a knife (coltello). Witness statements taken. He was sentenced to 20 years' rowing on the Orders' galley. The sentences was appealed to the SAU by Dimegh, and he was acquitted from the charge of assault and simply fined 4 uncia for carrying a knife illegally.
Curia CapitanalisAndreas Vella from Casal Gregorio accuses Mattheo Sant from the same village of attacking and wounding his son Francesco on the feastday of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Francesco was at their ricetto of the in the area tal Maghtab with his younger brother Lucio. Mattheo came and asked them if they'd seen a loose pig and when Francesco said no, Mattheo went inside and attacked Lucio. Francesco came to the defence of his brother and was wounded. Witness statements and doctor's report. Mattheo was fined 6 uncia and incarcerated until he paid. On appeal to the SAU, the fine was moderated to 4 uncia.
Curia CapitanalisThomas Cutajar from Siggiewi, and servant of the same village's captain, accuses Martinus Imbrol from Siggiewi. Cutajar had approached Imbrol at the tavern of Mario Mallia in Siggiewi and told him to go deposit the money owed with the village Captain or he would have had him imbrisoned as a debtor. At which point Imbrol stabbed him with a knife (stilletto). Witness statements collected. Imbrol sentenced to two years' rowing on the galleys of the Order with no payment and with bound feet. The case was then appealed to the Suprema Curia Appellationis (ACA) but the sentence was upheld.
Curia CapitanalisGiovanni Vastagna from Għaxaq accuses Lorenzo Baldacchino from the same village of accosting him and assaulting him outside the village's parish church. He was wounded with a knife (coltello).
Curia CapitanalisImperia Dingli, widow of Lazzaro farrugia, wife of Domenico, from Siggiewi, accuses her son Giovanni Maria Farrugia of attacking her when she gone by his house to recover personal belongings of her daughter Lorenza, the accused's sister. Various witnesses interrogated. Giovanni Maria was acquitted but the case appealed to the SAU. The SAU fined him 10 uncia. The fine was moderated to 4 uncia on re-appeal.
Curia CapitanalisGiuseppe de Laurenzo from Casal Qormi accuses Giovanni Maria Galdes from the same village that on the feastday of the Visitation of St Mary the accused stole two handkerchiefs (fazzoletti) from him while he was drinking in company at De Laurenzo's garden. When confronted, the accused lashed out with a knife. Witnesses interrogated Galdes was fined 5 uncia. The fine was confirmed on appeal to the SAU.
Curia CapitanalisLeonardo Grech accused Demetrius and Mattheus Bonnici (father and son) of assaulting him in Vittoriosa. Various witness statements collected.
Magna Curia CastellaniaVennera Mangion accuses Henciona La Rosa of assaulting her in her hosue in Vittoriosa.
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Magna Curia CastellaniaPetrus Allegro accuses Vincentius Greg (barklor) of assaulting him.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFranciscus Randun is accused of attacking Alfonzo Balzan with a sword and wounding him in the shoulder/arm. This altercation took place at the tavern of Franciscus Gotto at the Mandraggio of Burmula.
Magna Curia CastellaniaSalvo Napolitano accuses the carpenter (fabrum lignarium) Antino di Milano and Bartholomeo Pernai, both Sicilians, of assaulting him in the public square of Valletta for not allowing Di Milano to introduce modifications to their housing. They were acquitted.
Magna Curia CastellaniaWitness statements confirming that Roscia Martines had been beaten sometime around Carnival.