Antonius Revest concedes that he wounded himself with a dagger while at his home, in despair over his relationship with his children.
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The body of a certain Magdalena Bosa was discovered and taken to the parish church of Porto Salvo in Valletta. It was presumed that she had been poisoned. The suspicion was confirmed when her mother Alexandra and 5-year old nephew Claudio Laman, who had eaten of the same meal also took ill. Eventually suspicion fell on her father Salvatore Bosa. The slaves Machamed Oghli and Ali Hali Oghli were accused of complicity. The motive was that Salvatore wanted to access Alexandra's inheritance. Salvatore Busa was found guilty, sentenced to be hanged and quartered. The slaves were sentenced to be hanged and their bodies left exposed to the elements.
Magna Curia CastellaniaUnclear. Concerning the sale of unnamed lands by Pietro Camilleri and Clara his wife.
Johannes Habela from Zabbar is accused of keeping hunting dogs and of hunting for rabbits illegally. Witnesses were questioned and Habela was ultimately liberated. The acquittal was upheld at appeal.
Magna Curia CastellaniaWitness statements about the value of land called Della Maddalena.
Very partial interrogation of witnesses concerning the ownership of the land called Tal Chortin.
Introductory folios missing. Concerning a dispute on payment on the sale of land. The land was called Ta Nicolao and it was situated in Casal Bisbut.
Magna Curia CastellaniaCompromised due to loss of paper. It is reported that Cl. Giovann Maria Pauluccio agreed that he had found certain money arising from proceeds on a capital of investment among the belongings of his deceased father Simone Attard, from which the latter's pallbearers and funeral expenses were paid. Other heirs were paid. It is unclear what the legal case is about beyond this.
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisAntonio Zammit from Casal Bubaqra testifies that the people of Zurrieq and of Dingli both had interest in the area called Ridume di Santa Maddalena.
Witness statements collected concerning the inspection of weights and measures that are used in botteghe in Valletta.
Magna Curia CastellaniaJacobus Inguanes demands that Dominica Maringho is made to pay for half the costs of the common wall that they share.
Officium Commissariorum Domorum (ODM)Concerning a dispute on common walls between the land Ta Cappara owned by [] Ross and the other land owned by [] Dimegh. Includes sworn testimonies by Geronimo Attard as appointed expert. Top section of document missing throughout.
Magna Curia CastellaniaConfirmation that Sperantia Crispo had made an inventory of the inheritance of her late husband Johannes Andrea Crispo.
Stephanus de Giorgio reports a Greek sailor called Demetrius had approached them the previous night in Vittoriosa. He first insulted him and then made for him with a dagger.
Magna Curia CastellaniaWitness statements are collected by the Curia Capitanalis concerning the alleged of homicide of the 8 year old Nicola Bonello from Żebbuġ by Dionisio Buttigieg. Witnesses reported seeing Buttigieg throw the boy under water in a reservoir (ġiebja) in Wied Qirda. Even so, the parents of the boy dropped all accusations against Buttigieg and the case was dropped.
Curia CapitanalisPetrus Pisano is accused of the murder of the Muslim slave Mahamed 'il Gizhiri', property of the Order, and the falconry of the Grandmaster specifically. The accused then went about the villages of the island armed to the teeth with pistols and other firearms before seeking sanctuary. Many witness statements collected. he was found guilty and sentenced to hang.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFranciscus Dimech and Alberto Zamit, buthcers from Valletta, accuse the known thief and recidivist Johannes Paulus Conti of having stolen some animals which they had left to graze in an enclosure belonging to Zamit in the vicinity of the church of Nostra Signora della' Pieta.
Magna Curia CastellaniaRosa Maria, a servant in the service of the knight La Valletta, Governor of the Island of Gozo. He gave her a chest of clothing to be washed and money to cover the cost, but the key to it was taken when she left at home and left. She had it opened with the assistance of a locksmith in the presence of the knight, but they discovered that some things were missing. They accused Vincenza, a neophite slave of the same knight, who confessed to taking the key, the missing doppia di biancho and two genovine. The doppia was returned by the Parish Priest of Porto Salvo, to whom it was given by Vincenza in confession.
Magna Curia CastellaniaCleria Agius is accused of causing the death of the unborn child of Maria di Antonelli by beating her and generally assaulting her. Various witness statements, including by the midwives.
Magna Curia Castellania – CriminaleTop part of the document torn away. Concerning a dispute related to the purchase of grain involving the assistants of the bombardiers of the Order.
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