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Pietro Mallia, buonavoglia rower on the Galera Capitanea is accused of desertion for failing to report for duty. He is sentenced to three years' rowing.

Joannes de Marco and various others are accused of the murder of Cap. Giovanni Pasquale on his ship, which vessel was engaged in Corso in the Golfo di Sfachez off the coast of Barbary, and specifically when it was moored at Cagliari in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Joannes de Marco and Hieronimus Pollacco are hanged in public and then their bodies torn from into four parts and each part affixed in the usual places. Antonius Manes, Honoratus Melem, and Carolum Labergia were sentenced to row for life. Nicolaus Poloroditi, Antonius Moso, and Salvatore Thesorere sentenced to row for 5 years.

Antoninus Policascho, buonavoglia rower on the San Petrus, is accused of desertion for failing to show up for duty when the galley left the islands. Witness statements. Sentenced to three years' rowing on the galleys.

Lucianus Collara and Johannes d'Antonius, buonavoglia rowers are accused of desertion for not reporting for duty on the San Josephus and were sentenced to three years' rowing.

Angelo Vella is accused of breaching the terms of his exile from Malta and returning to the island. Copy of the 02/01/1641 sentence included. No sentence included.

Antonio Corso, Marino de Giacomo, Simone de Pierre, and any of their accomplices are accused of knowingly and intentionally murdering Michele Cordin, known as San Paolo, and Geronimo Raspi in Vittoriosa. Witness statements and interrogations. They were found guilty with considerations, and sentenced to three and two years' rowing without pay on the galleys of the order.

Mariano Cassar, Battista Mamo, Georgio Grech and other accomplices are accused of gambling and playing forbidden games at the bottega of Matteo Galdes in Valletta. They were sentenced to one years' rowing commuted on appeal to a fine of six uncia.

Vincenzo Bonaventura, buonavoglia on the Order's galley San Pietro is accused of desertion from the same. Sentenced to three years' rowing.

Matteo Camilleri is accused of receiving money from Cap. Gerolamo Napolitano to serve him on his galley on the corso and then deserting from service. He is sentenced to two years' rowing.

Antonino de Cara, rower on the Santa Ubaldesca, is accused of desertion. He is sentenced to three years' rowing.

Bernardo Tabone, buonvaoglia on the San Ubaldesca, is accused of desertion from service and of seeking escape on the vessel captained by Cap. Aloysio Ruggio. Cap. Ruggio is fined 50 uncia. No sentence given for Tabone.

Domenico 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.

Francesco 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.

Josephus "Tirda" Seychel is accused of theft and Josephus Xiberras, owner of a jewelry shop in Valletta, of purchasing stolen goods. The theft concerned a jewel with diamonds. Seychel was also tortured for information. They were, however, acquitted.

Giovanni Burgella, buonavoglia rower on the Galera Capitanea is accused of desertion for failing to report for duty. He is sentenced to three years' rowing.

Joannes Paulus Dimech was accused of assualting Chrispinus Curmi but was acquitted.

Antonio Saraniti and Mario Benaya are found guilty of sodomy and Vincentio Lopizzuto of complicity. They were discovered in a guardiola along the walls close to Jews' Gate. Saraniti and Benaya are sentenced to be extrangulated and their bodies burnt into ashes and so disposed of. Lopizzuto was to be beaten in public and then to row for life.

Nicolaus Sanfilippo is accused of assaulting Aloysio D'Amato in Valletta after they had disagreements over the sale of a sangonano. He was sentenced to row for three years.

Salvatore Luseri, and Sebastianus from Calabria are accused of murdering Placido Perriuni. Perriuni lived long enough to expose his assailants under oath before perishing of his wounds. No sentence included in this document.

Introductory folios missing. Case commences with the interrogation of witnesses. It appears that Domenico Bonanno was being accused of financial fraud and of selling wood belonging to the Order. He was found guilty and sentenced to four years' rowing. Case continues in document 18.