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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.

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.

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.

Petrulla Mallia from Qrendi reports that when she was on her way to church to hear mass and was passing by the house of Mariuzza, widow of the late Jacobo, known as Ta Metri, and her daughters Margarita and Lorenza, the said Mariuzza came rushing out with a walking stick and hit her in the head and neck area, and elsewhere, and that she and her daughters dragged her inside the house and locked her in the room and mistreated her in various ways. Unclear how she got away. She received medical treatment by Dr Mario Portughes. All three were fined.

Maruzza Zahra, widow of the late Giovanni Maria, is appealing the sentence of Theramus/Andrea Farrugia, who had injured her husband and caused his death, and urges the ACA to punish him for this homicide.

Carolus Farrugia requests the cessation of a criminal case against Thomas Pace initiated at his request since he was not seriously wounded by a stone thrown at his head.

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.

Albertus sive Bertus Greg from Burmula is accused by Francisca Sacco of assaulting her son Anotnio while he was at his shop. He was fined six uncia.

Elena wife of Andrea Seychel from Senglea reports being assaulted by Aloysio "ta Bannus" Busuttil from Senglea, who attacked her in her own house and threw her to the ground where he hit her repeatedly. He was ordered never to approach the woman again on pain of being sent to row for ten years.

Antonio Bugeja approached a certain Angelo who owed him money for wine bought at his bottega, but Angelo refused to pay and attacked him. When he sought to defend himself, Angelo accused him of assault before the MCC. Witness statements collected but no sentence is included.

The tavern-keeper Antonio Bugeja is accused of assualting and wounding Antonio Bonavia with a dagger. He was fined.

Carolo Adriano is accused of trying to break into the house of Silvia Bugeja, a prostitute, while bearing arms. Witness statements includes. No sentence included.

Aloysius (sive Ludovicus) Pol from France accuses Didaco Perviati of assaulting and wounding him.

Information missing due to loss of paper. Bartholomeo Hagius told the testifier that in their enclosure called El Bur tal Miral in Ta Ghed el Bir people were gambling so he went with Hagius, Alexandro Zahra, and Gtancesco Hagius from Crendi and found Bartholomeo Haxiac and Alphonso Callus from Casal Leu, Domenico Zahra from Qrendi and Domenico Spiteri gambling by playing Frontar. They dispersed the players. Some days later, while the testifier was herding his cattle, Domenico Spiteri threw stones at him from behind.

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.

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.

Flaminia Galia wife of Bortholomeus and her mother Agatuzza accuse Dominicus sive Callus de Placidi of annoyances and insults to their person and specifically that he catcalled Flaminia saying that he wished to have sexual relations with her, and that he then carried her off on his shoulder to a cave where he paid her, and that when she protested he struck her. Dominicus was fined but appealed. The result of the appeal is not specified.

Gaetano Diacono from Senglea reports that while in his bottega in Senglea, Gaspare Golfo chased Antonacio Mallia out of his shop insulting him. Other witness statements. Not very clear due to water staining.

Joannella Desira from Senglea accuses Hieronymus Grima, tavern-keeper in Senglea, of assaulting her in her house while she was in the company of her sister Antona. She received the help of Fabrizio de Mani, Antonaccio de Paris, and Minichella de Rodo who took the accused off of her. He was absolved.

Giacobo Calleja is accused of assaulting the slave from Tunes called Ramadan bin Assan, property of the Order while in the vicinity of the Church of the Jesuits in Valletta. He was fined 6 uncia.