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Several sailors testified to the circumstances of
the murder, that Kidd had called the gunner "a
lousy dog" and Moore had replied: "If I am a
lousy dog you have made me so. You have
brought me to ruin and many more." At this,
Kidd's temper being roused, he struck Moore with
the bucket, and the gunner died the next day as a
result of the blow. Considering the severity of
treatment of mutinous sailors permitted to ships*
officers at that time, there is little reason to think
that under ordinary circumstances Kidd would
have been adjudged guilty of murder for a blow
struck in hot blood and under provocation; but
the verdict was certain before the trial had begun.
The jury after an hour's consultation brought in a
verdict of guilty, and Kidd was remanded to New-
gate Prison to await trial for piracy.

This second trial took place in May, 1701, and
included, beside the Captain, nine other mariners
charged with piracy, in that "they feloniously
did steal, take and carry away the said merchant
ship Quedagh Merchant and the apparel and tackle
of the same ship of the value of four hundred
pounds of lawful money of England, seventy
chests of opium, besides twenty bales of raw silk,
a hundred bales of calico, two hundred bales of