Clemens Psayla from Qormi accuses Petrus Mifsud from Qormi and others that while he was travelling to Mqabba to pay Johannes Petrus Zammit two scudi for a pig (maiale) he was accosted close to the cross in the area Tal Chandae (perhaps Ta Kandja) by the accused, who was carrying a sword and knife (spada e pugnale) and assaulted him, causing him grevious injury. Petrus Mifsud is interrogated. Case file incomplete.
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Giovannella wife of Giovanna de Thino and Lucretia widow of the deceased Antonio Granere from Burmula report that they were being accused of assaulting Gratia Gambino with thrown stones. They were incarcerated, and their younger brother Giuseppe had to escape as he was accused of taking up arms to harm Gratia. They ask for a formal monitorium to be issued for witnesses to come forward with information about this case.
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisLaurentius Celestri from Senglea reports that that morning while in Valletta to buy fish, he was assulted by Clemenzio Zerafa, a sailor from the tartana of padrone Honoratus Amaira, on which Celestri himself had once sailed.
Magna Curia CastellaniaLuca Cipriotti, from the Order's ship Santa Maria, reports while at the Sacra Infermeria for treatment that he had been assaulted by the Cypriot Baptista and his Maltese relative in Burmula.
Magna Curia CastellaniaWitness statements confirming that Roscia Martines had been beaten sometime around Carnival.
Salvo 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 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 CastellaniaPetrus Allegro accuses Vincentius Greg (barklor) of assaulting him.
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Magna Curia CastellaniaVennera Mangion accuses Henciona La Rosa of assaulting her in her hosue in Vittoriosa.
Magna Curia CastellaniaLeonardo Grech accused Demetrius and Mattheus Bonnici (father and son) of assaulting him in Vittoriosa. Various witness statements collected.
Magna Curia CastellaniaGiuseppe 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 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 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 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 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 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 CapitanalisSalvatore 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 CapitanalisStephanus Galdes and Frangiu sive Franciscus Chiantar are accused of breaking the public peace by fighting outside the Auberge de Provence in Valletta.
Magna Curia CastellaniaAngelo Ciuccala accusses Tommaso Salvaterra, Petrus Viano, and Johannes Paulus Barthalo of attacking him outside his home in Vittoriosa.
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