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Vincenzo de Guevara from Mosta is accused of fraud by presenting high quality grain to the jurats for evaluation, claiming that he had a certain amount of it, hiding the fact that some of this quantity was of a considerably lower quality, and then selling the whole as high quality grain, using the jurats' confirmation as proof. He was originally sentenced to a term in prison, but due to his old age, the sentence was commuted to a fine. He appealed the fine but it was confirmed.

Cap. Giovnni Borg, Franciscus Narli, Ignazio Moroso, Petrus Pico, Giacinto Giocolar, and Antonius Belluso of the crew of the vessel San Paulus e l'Immacolata Concezzione are accused of a variety of crimes, including fraud, assault on the friendly vessel of Cap. Tourtin, rape and illegal capture of Christians. Other documents in the case file: lists of prizes sold in the east, daily log books, several witness statments etc. Tha variety of the documents provided allow for an in-depth understanding of the corsairing process and this document merits further focused study.