Palmer. “Yes. I have often heard him say that.”

Judge Turton. “But how came you to go aboard Culliford?”

Mullins. “For want, my lord.”

Loffe (again). “My lord, I was a servant under Captain Kidd and always obeyed his commands, and had no share. I came home with Captain Kidd to Boston, and went to my Lord Bellamont.”

Howe. “Have I not obeyed my captain in all his commands?”

Lord Chief Baron Ward. “There is no doubt made about that.”

Kidd himself on being asked whether he had anything more to say replied, “My lord, I had many papers for my defence if I could have had them.”

Lord Chief Baron Ward. “What papers were they?”

Kidd. “My French passes.”

Lord Chief Baron Ward. “Where are they?”