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 | | kccordingly the Adventure Galley, a vessel of 30 guns and 275 tons, was privately fitted out, and the command given to Captain Kidd, who received the kings commission to arrest and bring to trial all pirates, and a commission of reprisals against the French. |
 | | Kidd deserted the Adventure in Madagascar, and sailed for America in one of his prizes, the Quedah Merchant, which he also left in the West Indies~ He reached New England in a small sloop with several of his crew and wrote to Bellomont, professing his ability to justify himself and sending the governor booty. |
 | | He was arrested in July 1699, was sent to England and tried, first for the murder of one of his crew, and then with others for piracy. |
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