(Barlicorn was an apprentice who has been mentioned in the inventory of the Sloop San Antonio.)
Kidd. "What was the reason the blow was given to the gunner?"
Barlicorn. "At first, when you met with the ship (Loyal Captain) there was a mutiny, and two or three of the Dutchmen came aboard, and some said she was a rich vessel, and they would take her. And the captain (Kidd) said, 'No, I will not take her,' and there was a mutiny in the ship, and the men said, 'If you will not, we will.' And he said, 'If you have a mind, you may, but they that will not, come along with me.'"
Kidd. "Do you think William Moore was one of those that was for taking her?"
Barlicorn. "Yes. And William Moore lay sick a great while before this blow was given, and the doctor said when he visited him, that this blow was not the cause of his death."
The Lord Chief Baron. "Then they must be confronted. Do you hear, Bradingham, what he says?"
Bradingham. "I deny this."
As for this surgeon, Kidd swore that he had been a drunken, useless idler who would lay in the hold for weeks at a time. Seaman Hugh Parrott was then called and asked by Kidd:
"Do you know the reason why I struck Moore?"
Parrott. "Yes, because you did not take the Loyal Captain, whereof Captain How was commander."