The charges referred to several acts of piracy supposedly committed after the pardon's cut-off date, in "a sloop belonging to ye subjects of the King of Spain", but ignored the fact that they took place outside Spotswood's jurisdiction and in a vessel then legally owned.
Os cargos facían referencia a varios actos de pirataría presuntamente levados a cabo tralo fin do período de emisión do perdón real, nunha "corveta pertencente ós súbditos do Rei de España", mais ignoraba o feito de que tiveran lugar fora da xurisdición de Spotswood's e nun navío que naquel momento era unha posesión legal.