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              MT NAM LCM-146-16 · Item · 17/03/1642
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              The buonavoglia rower of the Galera Capitanea Chrispinus Grima is accused of stealing from the galley and its crew after the galley was damaged in a storm. He was acquitted.

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              MT NAM LCM-146-39 · Item · 22/10/1642
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Night-captain Bernardo Hagius, Emanuele Petta, Giovanni Domenico Bonnici, Cosmo Gauci, Gridonio Degriolo and Andrea Moneglia are accused of grand theft. They abused of their poisition to trick a crew of Frenchmen into an ambush in Kalkara, by means of which they stole great quantitites of money from them. Another accomplice, Domenico Falzon, was sentenced to four years' rowing. Bernardo Agius and his colleague Leonardo Mifsud were found to have had no knowledge of the ambush and freed. Emanuele Petta was sentenced to row for three years No other sentences included.

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              [Pro Fra Mattheo Perrier]
              MT NAM LCM-147-13 · Item · 21/05/1643
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Giovanni Paolo Bonavia as procurator of Fra Matteo Perier reports the theft of wood, stone and other material of construction from the garden of Perier in Valletta.

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              MT NAM LCM-147-70 · Item · 17/05/1643
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Filippo Guerio known as Sciacquetta, buonavoglia rower on the Santa Maria, is accused of stealing money from Lucio Scarso while he was buying biscuits from a slave in the public square in Valletta. Witnesses are interrogated for both the prosecution and the defence. No sentence is included.

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              [Contra Antonium Landolina]
              MT NAM LCM-185-13 · Item · 21/02/1664
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Notice that the sentence given against the Sicilian Antonius Landolina, found guilty of theft, was being appealed as the punishment was felt to not be severe enough.

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              MT NAM LCM-141-06 · Item · 11/09/1640
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Michael Barbara, Domenico Barbara and Mario Barbara, father and sons from Gudia, accuse Gabriele, Valerio and Andrea Ellul, father and sons from Gudia and Kirkop, they had visited the house of Simone Barbara, their other son and brother, in Gudia, where he was lying infirm, and threatened him with swords, knives and other weapons. They claimed that his wife was the daughter of Gabriele and took away as much clothing and other material as they could from the house. A full page list of all the stolen goods is presented. Gabriele Ellul was fined by the court. On appeal to the SAU, the fine was confirmed.

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              MT NAM LCM-141-15 · Item · 08/03/1640
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Antonio Borg (benivoglia on the Santo Nicola) and Giovanni Maria Pace (benivoglia on the San Pietro) are accused of theft. They are accused of having removed part of the roofing of the bottega of Luca Zahra in Senglea, descended through it and stolen various goods including coings, iron and cloth material and other worked cloths. They then stowed away their stolen goods one in Corradino and the other in the area of San Giovanni ta' Huxa.

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              MT NAM LCM-011-27 · Item · 22/12/1579
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              The slave Nicola belonging to Franciscus Surdo was found guilty of stealing various items including several items of jewellery and expensive foodstuffs from Salvo Mantagner and his house in Notabile, as he had confessed to the Corte Capitanale. The Magna Curia Castellania was now investigating the matter to uncover his accomplices. He was also accused of stealing from the house of Vincentius Cumbo in Vittoriosa, including pearls and jewels. A certain Grancesco Xerri was also incarcerated concerning the case. Antonius Sillato and Mario Inguanez also claimed to be victims of theft by the same slave.

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              Contra Ferrantem Matasino
              MT NAM LCM-146-05 · Item · 14/01/1642
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Ferrante 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.

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              Contra Laurentium Grima
              MT NAM LCM-146-06 · Item · 15/01/1642
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Commences with witness statements. Lorenzo Grima is accused of stealing 190 scudi and other money in foreign currency from his house-mate Paulina Deguara. He is sentenced to row on the galleys for life.

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              Contra Iles Mustafa Ogli
              MT NAM LCM-143-02 · Item · 11/12/1640
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              The infidel slaves belonging to the Order named Iles Mustafa Ogli, Assan Babac Ogli, Assan Ali Ogli and Mustafa Sileyman Ogli are accused of grand theft. Iles Mustafa Ogli, slave at the kitchens of the Grandmaster's palace stole 2 silver plates during the festivities of Easter, handed them over to Badacogli and Mustafa Sileyman Ogli, who took them aboard the Order's Galley to Messina, where they were sold. Separately, Iles Mustafa Ogli stole another plate of silver and sold it to Assan Ali Ogli, slave of the knight Carolo Giannallo who recognised the plate as belonging to the Grandmaster's Palace. Iles was sentenced to hanging and the others to be beaten until they pass out.

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              MT NAM LCM-142-06 · Item · 19/04/1640
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              Giulio 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.

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              MT NAM LCM-147-54 · Item · 28/02/1643
              Part of Law Courts Miscellaneous

              The scrittorio (desk) of the elemosinarius of the Grandmaster was stolen in the night together with the money assigned to him for the pursuit of his duties. By means of investigation it was discovered that Bernardino Debono and Micheale Agius had made a false key and used it to break into the elemosinarius' office, took the desk, made it out of the palace, hid the desk in an underground room belonging to Margerita Fiamenzo under the house of Lorenzo Tholossenti. They then enlisted the help of Angelo Portelli who helped take the desk elsewhere. Michael Agius was sentenced to hang, Bernardino Debono was sentenced to row for life, being spared the hanging for his young age, and Angelo Portelli was sentenced to row for three years.

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