Domenicus Gallo, voluntary rower on the San Nicola, is accused of desertion by not showing up for duty as requested. Sentenced to three years' rowing with no pay and with bound feet.
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Giacobo Serra, buonavoglia rower on the La Vittoria, is accused of desertion after failing to show up for duty. Sentenced to three years' rowing.
Magna Curia CastellaniaDominicus Miraglia, buonavoglia rower on the Galera Capitanea, is accused of desertion for failing to report for duty for the Corso. He was sentenced to three years' rowing. Visible watermark.
Magna Curia CastellaniaDomenico Muscat was ordered to be incarcerated by the MCC in relation to debts owed to Giovanni Paolo Buttigieg. He however resisted arrest and even attacked the officers of the law sent to arrest him. He was sentenced to be given two lashes in public.
Magna Curia CastellaniaThe 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.
Magna Curia CastellaniaDomenicus Prat, voluntary rower aboard the Order's galley La Vittoria, is accused of desertion. He had failed to report for duty and was chased down and arrested in Paola. He was sentenced to three years' rowing without pay.
Magna Curia CastellaniaThe Greek Dragus Rastopolo, a sailor on the galley San Martino, is accused of trying to desert while the ship was in Zante and then of participating in an attempt to murder the galley's captain Fra Francesco Sigismondo Thun. Witness statements collected from the captain, the marines Lorenzo Cassar and Pietro Sammut. He was sentenced to row for life.
Magna Curia CastellaniaBrief interrogation of Elena Michallef regarding a small dispute she had with Francesca Psayla.
Incorrectly assumed to be heard before the Curia Gubernatorialis but discovered to have been assigned to the MCC during cataloguing. Eugenio Madiona is accused by Catherina, widow of Mattheo Bartholo, her father Dionysius Fenech, and her brothers Domenico, Alessando, Carolo and Giuseppe Fenech, of having carnal relations with her (sine vi) under pretence of intending to marry her and leaving her pregnant without intending to do right by her. Several witnesses are interrogated. He was however acquitted on all counts.
Magna Curia CastellaniaGiulio Ros, and Martino Mancarella are accused of buying meat-stuffs from Frabrizio Rochello despite knowing that he was a servant of Andrea Falzon and had no cows of his own and so being in a position to assume theft. Fabrizio was sentenced to 50 lashes in public for the theft, but Ros and Mancarella were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Magna Curia CastellaniaPasquale Farrugia and Federico Caruana are accused of illegal gambling and playing forbidden games at the tavern of Parisio Carassaschino in Valletta. They were fined 10 uncia each.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFerrante Matasino is accused of the following crimes: he abused of his friendship with Carlo Cassia to procure a key to his bottega and stole large quantities of mecco, tabacco, pepe, bugasino, sapone etc. He is also accused of other thefts. He is also accused of desertion for not presenting himself for service on a corsair vessel which he had contracted to join. He is sentenced to five years' rowing.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFlaminio Zammit is accused of the murder of Franciscus Damato, rower aboard the Santa Maria, in Vittoriosa. Witness statements collected. He was found guilty and sentenced to a life sentence of rowing aboard the Order's galleys without pay and with bound feet.
Magna Curia CastellaniaInterrogation of Franciscus Torchjetto who is accused of theft of money from his crewmates in Sicily.
Dispute concerning outstanding payments for wine which the buyer (Francesco) claims to have paid. Other information missing due to loss in paper. No visible sentence.
Magna Curia CastellaniaJulia, widow of Giovanni Maria Attard and wife of Orlando Pullicino, accuses her son Francesco Attard of insulting her to great scandal, and of making several serious threats against her person, as well as assulting her little daughter. He is sentenced to three years' rowing but this is severely mitigated on appeal.
Magna Curia CastellaniaWitness statements are collected concerning insults made to officers of the law by Francesco Barbara, a sailor and marine on the galleys of the Order, in Zurrieq. Barbars is also accused of trying to steal an officer's sword to assault him with it. No sentence included.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFranciscus Bongiorno and Joannes Attard, buonvaglia rowers on the Santa Maria are accused of desertion for not reporting to work. They are condemned to three years' rowing.
Magna Curia CastellaniaThe Neapolitan Francesco "Ciccu" Dattolo is accused of usury. He loaned money to Francesco de Federico and collected far more than he had loanded and in excess of what would be permissible. He was, however, acquitted.
Magna Curia CastellaniaFrancesco di Donna, Michele della Croce, Michele Peppetuni, and Antonino Bonacorso, buonavoglia rowers aboard the Vittoria are accused of desertion as they failed to report for service. They were sentenced to three years' rowing on the galleys of the Order.
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