Item 12 - Contra Cap. Josephum Arnaud

The Bali Fra Antonius Scalamonti accuses the French Masseus Rosso and Cap. Josephus Arnaud, and Johannes Maria Cefai of false witness. They are accused of giving false witness both before the Notary Thomaso Maranoand again in court before Notary Paulus D'Arena. They claimed that 11 years before they had been on the vessel Sant'Antonius of Cap. Josephus Arnaud on the way to Venice were they loaded goods including several antenni belonging to Scalamonti, loaded aboard by Fra Petrus Diotallevi. They are accused of giving false witness concerning a shipwreck to cover for the fact that they had sold off some of the antennae to various persons. The accused were found innocent and acquitted.