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Introductory folios missing. Document commences with interrogation of witnesses. Mario Haxisa was seriously wounded in the head, with danger to her life. Alberto Calleja was identified as the aggressor and fines six uncia.

Alexander Cutayar is accused of possession of an archibuschetto sive pistola (firearem) discovered in the course of his unrest for unrelated reasons at the tavern of Mario Laxixa. Witness statements. No sentence.

Aloysius Falsuni (knows as 'Firlis') is accused of breaking the terms of his exile and is sentenced to three years' rowing.

Angelo Vella is accused of breaching the terms of his exile from Malta and returning to the island. Copy of the 02/01/1641 sentence included. No sentence included.

Angelus Vella is accused of breaching the terms of his exile and returning to the island of Malta, for which he is condemned to five years' rowing. Visible paper watermark.

Antoninus Policascho, buonavoglia rower on the San Petrus, is accused of desertion for failing to show up for duty when the galley left the islands. Witness statements. Sentenced to three years' rowing on the galleys.

Antonio Saraniti and Mario Benaya are found guilty of sodomy and Vincentio Lopizzuto of complicity. They were discovered in a guardiola along the walls close to Jews' Gate. Saraniti and Benaya are sentenced to be extrangulated and their bodies burnt into ashes and so disposed of. Lopizzuto was to be beaten in public and then to row for life.

Antonio Borg (benivoglia on the Santo Nicola) and Giovanni Maria Pace (benivoglia on the San Pietro) are accused of theft. They are accused of having removed part of the roofing of the bottega of Luca Zahra in Senglea, descended through it and stolen various goods including coings, iron and cloth material and other worked cloths. They then stowed away their stolen goods one in Corradino and the other in the area of San Giovanni ta' Huxa.

Antonino de Cara, rower on the Santa Ubaldesca, is accused of desertion. He is sentenced to three years' rowing.

Bartholomeus de Mario is accused of desertion for not reporting on duty aboard the Santa Maria. He was sentenced to three years' rowing.

Bernardo Tabone, buonvaoglia on the San Ubaldesca, is accused of desertion from service and of seeking escape on the vessel captained by Cap. Aloysio Ruggio. Cap. Ruggio is fined 50 uncia. No sentence given for Tabone.

Carolus Gnarnieri, buonavoglia rower on the Santa Ubaldesca, was accused of desertion for not reporting to service for a journey to Syracuse.

The buonavoglia rower of the Galera Capitanea Chrispinus Grima is accused of stealing from the galley and its crew after the galley was damaged in a storm. He was acquitted.

The Frenchman Cosmum Martinet, married in Malta and resident in Valletta, is accused of fraudulently claiming he had permission to leave the island and embarking onto a vessel bound to foreign lands from an unusual place. He was escaping the service of his employer the Baglio Duplesi. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Damiano Attard from Dingli is accused of assaulting Filippo Attard from Rabat at the tavern of Domenico Camilleri in Valletta. He was fined two uncia.

Introductory folios missing. Case commences with the interrogation of witnesses. It appears that Domenico Bonanno was being accused of financial fraud and of selling wood belonging to the Order. He was found guilty and sentenced to four years' rowing. Case continues in document 18.

Carolo Psayla and Domenico Farrugia are accused of assaulting Giovanni Maria Agius on the street of the Augustinian convent in Valletta. They are sentenced to six months' community service.

Dominicus Miraglia, buonavoglia rower on the Galera Capitanea, is accused of desertion for failing to report for duty for the Corso. He was sentenced to three years' rowing. Visible watermark.

Domenico Muscat was ordered to be incarcerated by the MCC in relation to debts owed to Giovanni Paolo Buttigieg. He however resisted arrest and even attacked the officers of the law sent to arrest him. He was sentenced to be given two lashes in public.

Domenicus Prat, voluntary rower aboard the Order's galley La Vittoria, is accused of desertion. He had failed to report for duty and was chased down and arrested in Paola. He was sentenced to three years' rowing without pay.