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First part unclear due to water damage but concerns certain contractual obligations entered in Alexandria by Giuseppe Ciantar, Michele Pace, Giovanni Santorino, Gratio Grech and Antonio Mufsud to pay for transport on the "Santa Barbara". The name of the person to whom the money is owed is missing due to water damage.

First few lines lost to water damage. The spouses Thomas Aloysia and Diana Sousa had recently come into possession of some property (name and location) in relation to which the claimant (name not visible) was owed money. The suit concerns this debt from cens bullalis.

Seems to concern debts and the sale of a mule.

Giuseppe Zarb is accused of assaulting the priest Francesco Mura with a club while the same Francesco was walking home from the church of Sarria to Valletta in the company of his relative Maria. He also tried to stab the priest but was resisted. Inventories of the items held in Zarb's warehouse are provided, which were to be confiscated except for the share claimed by his innocent brother Giovanni Pietro and others. Sentence unclear.

Nicola Casha reports that at the request of Giovanni Vincenzo, Giuseppe and Costanzo Denoto he had been given a deadline by which to present all the income from the garden called Ta Ginen Chira. He had presented the documents but the presiding judge, Pietro Cassar, was interrupting the proceedings in favour of his adversaries and against his interests.

Unclear due to loss of paper due to water damage. The curator Domenico Meysonat represents the absent Giovanni Paolo (Hagius). The details of the case cannot be ascertained. Document contains an inventory of a cupboard listing various armaments.

The heirs or legal representative of the deceased Antonino Sammut had been summoned to make themselves known but in the absence of any such the court appointed Albano Hernandez and Zaru Psaila as curators. The case concerned the settlement of outstanding cases and debts, concerning also the purchase of goods and properties.

Dispute over the payment of court fees for previous proceedings in light of lodged appeals.

Top part of the document missing. Mattheus Pace demands that Petrus De Amato prove under oath that he had indeed paid the 100 scudi which had been owed. Unclear what the debt was for but it seems that one of the folios may have contained an excerpt from a contract.

Top part of the document torn. Claudio Ursu is claimed to owe Johannes Renal 25 scudi and 12 tari, and 15 grani, of which he had received 11 scudi. This was payment for tela and Claudio seemed to be contesting the debt due to quality etc of the product.

Salvo Camilleri rejects the claims made against him by Annibale de Vual, claiming that the court was not competent to oversee the dispute and that the witnesses summoned by Vual produced discordant testimonies. Salvo was being accused of fraudulently selling low--quality wine.

Unclear due to loss of paper due to water damage. The curator (Domenico) Meysonat represents the absent Philiberto Dalmas. The details of the case cannot be ascertained.

Partly unclear due to missing parts of the folio due to water damage. Concerns the ownership of a piece of land called "Ta Santa Maria ta Cortin" in the area of "Tal Cortin."

Antonius Abela opposes the claims made against him in court by Daniele Bonnici in his own name and as procurator of his father Ugolino that he owed them any money as rent (gabella) on leased land (unnamed)

Antonius Damaschino as substitute procurator of Fra Balthasar Imperator, commendatore of the Order, himself the principal procurator of Camillo Amor, Baron of Bubutelli is given possession over some belongings of Antonius de Guevara who owed 47 uncia to the Baron. The property consisted in a slave called Margerita 'di color chiuchiana'.

Paulo Borg was owed money by Antonio Michallef in his own name and as cessionarius of Domenico Michallef, and initiates proceedings against them accordingly.

Giovanni Zammit accuses Giovanni Schocco of threatening him with violence and trying to break into his home with a sword. He was sentenced to one year's service without stipend on the Order's galleys.

Reverend Giovanni Baptista Napulone IUD is accusing Aloisio Hellun/Ellul of being the domestic servant of Judge Jacobo Corogna and thus being favoured by the Judge in the case between the two.

Sabina Hebejer from Vittoriosa accuses Bartholomeo sive Bertho Sammut from Zabbar of sexual assault and rape. She reports that in the time when she was working at the bottega of Giovanni Battista Farrugia, this Bartholomeo used to enter her house to get water, and convinced her to have sexual relations with him, promising that he would marry her. She became pregnant and Sammut was denying that he was the father and refusing to marry her. Sammut was cleared of all charges.

Lazzaro Venetiano accuses the mother and son Marietta and Didaco Silvestri of assaulting his wife Mariettina. Document has suffered considerable water damage and cannot be read in several sections.