My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it. — William Kidd Copy Share Image
This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and… — William Kidd Copy Share Image
I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends… — William Kidd Copy Share Image
My Lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all, only I have been sworn… — William Kidd Copy Share Image
My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my… — William Kidd Copy Share Image
If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again. — William Kidd Copy Share Image
I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready. — William Kidd Copy Share Image