Aloysetta wife of Giovanni Maria Buhagiar testifies that the pig and other agricultural produce of the late Thomaso Casha, her first husband, were sold for the sum of 12 uncia in all by Domenico Casha, a barber. She gives further information about sales and purchases of the same.

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Giovanne Calleja from Zebbug reports that he was assaulted several times by Eugenio Mallia.

Giacobo Zarb from Lia reports that a certain Musu Muson was storing illegal weapons in his basement in Cottonera.

Catherinuccia Tonna sells annual income of 7 scudi to Cav. Gullielmo Bonamico.

Various contracts of sale of annual income by Jacobus Tabonet.

Giovanni Domenico Gatt, Treasurer of the Universitas of Notabile, is instructed to pay Paschale Gatt, capo mastro in Tal Lippia Tower 8 scudi, 6 tari for himself and three soldiers for services rendered.

The buonavoglia rower Dominicum Portelli is accused of desertion for not reporting for duty aboard the galley Santa Maria del Rosario. He was sentenced to three years' rowing.

Jacobo Bonavi is warned not to vex Giovanni Maria Farrugia on pain of a sentence of rowing for five 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.

Marcetta, 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.

Margarita widow of Pietro Debono from Balzan reports that sentences in her favour had been pronounced by the court but that the nightwatchman Leonardo Mifsud was delaying their effect, and she asks that the Court move against Mifsud's person and property to effect the sentence.

Dionysio Mercieca reports that he was attacked while preparing to take his boat out of the Manderaggio to fish.

Petronilla wife of Benedetto Lu from Burmula reports that while she was at the door of the house of her aunt Valentia, she saw Andrea, son of Catherina Cachia throw a stone at Antonetta Morroi. Other witness statements.

Salvatore Grec from Attard is accused of stabbing Petrus Cutajar with a knife (pugnale). Petrus was stabbed outside the house of the sexton (sacristano) of the church of St Nicolas, called Salvo Monaco, while on his way home from the bottega of Johannes Maria De Bono in Attard. Witness statements collected. Sentence missing. The case was appealed and Salvatore failed to show up since he was then serving on the galleys of the order as a paid marine.

Josephus Baldacchino, married Cleric from Vittoriosa prosecutes Georgio Spagnol from Ghaxaq and Salvatore Attard from Casal Pasqualino. He allages that while he was holding marriage celebrations at the house of his aunt Alonzica, wife of Michaele Cassar, in Casal Pasqualino for his cousin Giovanella, the accused gatecrashed and ruined the wedding. Witness statements collected. Spagnol was also accused of breaching a curfew imposed on him by the court in a previous sitting. Attard was acquitted but Spagnol condemned to 4 years' rowing without pay and with bound feet on the Order's galleys. The case was appealed and the sentence moderated to three years.

Andrea Falson, Mattheo Agius, Domenicus Azzopardi, Mattheolo Debono, and Gregorio Coyacono of monopoly. They are accused of working together to buy quantities of beef and veal in both Malta and Gozo as well imported from Sicily, generating a false scarcity, and then selling their meat at whatever price they desired. Moreover they agreed to undercut external offers to buy the meat from the other butchers if a third party offered to buy it for less than the expected price. Various witnesses including buthcers were interrogated. Copies of the licence to keep a butcher's shop issued to all the involved butchers included. The sentence of the MCC is not present (17/04/1640) but it seems that they were acquitted, or confirmed in their acquittal by a later sentence on appeal of the ACA (22/08/1640). By a special decree of the Grandmaster (not included, 24/04/1641), Judge Anastasius Surdo was appointed to hear the case again.

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

Galicio Nigret retracts his accusation of assualt first made against Rafaele Cassarin.

Johannes Paulus Gilibert is accused of seriously wounding his own wife, Ursulica. Doctor's report included. Witnesses interrogated. He was fined 2 uncia.