Laurentius Celestri from Senglea reports that that morning while in Valletta to buy fish, he was assulted by Clemenzio Zerafa, a sailor from the tartana of padrone Honoratus Amaira, on which Celestri himself had once sailed.
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Laurentius Baldacchino was owed 28 scudi dues from censi bullali to be paid by Petrus Agius, but since Petrus Agius was the alfero della [iovaloria] of Lia he couldn't be tried before the ordinary judge. Accordingly, Baldacchino requests the appointment of a special, competent judge.
Officium Venerandae SenescalliaeLazzaro Bonnici had freed a certain slave called Catherina on condition that she pays a certain sum of money every month, and if she should fail to do so, then Lazzaro would be allowed to re-enslave her. She had failed to pay and was accordingly restored to slavery.
Magna Curia CastellaniaLeonardus Aquilina presents a sentence of the Curia Capitanalis given in his favour and against Salvus Buhagiar and Antonio Mifsud, which he asks is confirmed regardless of the protestations of the adversaries calling for a new examination of witnesses. The paid had been found guilty of wounding him.
Suprema Curia AppellationisLeonardus de Maria claims to be owed money from the inactive inheritance of the late Georgius Efdemore, and of the absent Johannes de Ciniaco and provides a document in Greek, with Italian translation.
Magna Curia CastellaniaThe night-watchman Leonardo Mifsud rejects the claims made against him by Margarita Debono (not listed) and demands that the case is dismissed.
Magna Curia CastellaniaVery partial interrogation of witnesses confirming that a certain Leonardo Zammit owned a place of housing in Siġġiewi and an enclosure of land in the area Tal Hesri called Ta Mallia.
Luca [] complains that Carlus [] with whom he shares a common wall in their properties in Burmula, was dragging his feet with necessary works for their common wall.
Officium Commissariorum DomorumCompromised due to damage. Luca Bezzina makes a solemn deposition recounting that he and his deceased wife Gioannella had loaned money to Catherinuzza Cangeni, which money had not yet been repaid in full. Who is to receive the money due to the inheritance of the now deceased Gioannella is also considered.
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisLuca Cipriotti, from the Order's ship Santa Maria, reports while at the Sacra Infermeria for treatment that he had been assaulted by the Cypriot Baptista and his Maltese relative in Burmula.
Magna Curia CastellaniaAndrea Farrugia complains against the request of Cap. Giovanni De Giorgio for a deadline to be given by which Farrugia was to finish the tartana ordered as listed in the acts of Not. Giovanni Antonio Bonnici (undated). He rejects this deadline as he claims that both parties decided to disregard the contract and had instead agreed between them that a pollacca would be made instead. This was done and Degiorgio was now refusing to pay.
Suprema Curia AppellationisJohannes Calabrese prosecutes Breito Xicluna as the curator of the inheritance of the deceased Paulus Momizza for debts owed arising from cambio di mutuo.
Magna Curia CastellaniaMichaele Caffaferrea representing himself and his siblings Petrus Paulus, Maria and Agnetica declares that they are owed money by the aromatarius Franciscus d'Andrea and calls for the confiscation of goods for resale at auction. The confiscated items included paraphernalia related to his commercial activity.
Magna Curia CastellaniaPermission given to Machamed Brahim, a Turk from Caramonia, to appear in court.
Madalena Carbott requests that Candida Peil nominate her expert in the legal case between them within a day or the Court would appoint an expert for her. Peil appoints Gregorio Borg to estimate the value of a contested place of residence in Luqa.
The merchant Johannes Franciscus Casella prosecutes the Universita for over 4,000 scudi owed for the import of grain.
Officium Causarum DelegatorumIntroductory folios missing. Case file commences with interrogation of witnesses summoned by Federicus de Laymo as legittimate administrator of Johannes Andrea, Catherina, Flaminia and Diana de Laymo, his children, and heirs of his late wife Margarita. The witnesses were to establish that (1) Joannella daughter of Antonio Giovanni Maria was never married (2) [missing paper]. Unclear what the case is about.
Magna Curia CastellaniaMagdalena widow of Teramus Farrugia as tutor of Teramus, son of the late Andrea Farrugia and the late Maria his wife appoints Dominicus Callus as expert to set the right maintenance grant that she can draw from the boy's inheritance for his sustenance.
Magna Curia CastellaniaPetrus D'Avignone, a tailor from Valletta, had gone with some men to a house in the posession of Domenicus Mansicalco, where they discovered a bowl full of human refuse which they believed was left as an insult by his previous tenants.
Magna Curia CastellaniaMarcetta, wife of Carolo Barbara, reports that she intends to appeal a sentence given against her by the Criminal Court. No information about the case itself.
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