After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal, as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French, if it had French passes.
Pasi e kuptoi se kapiteni i anijes ishte një anglez, Kidd u përpoq të bindte ekuipazhin e tij për ta kthyer anijen tek pronarët e tij, por ata refuzuan, duke pretenduar se predha e tyre ishte krejtësisht ligjore, pasi Kidd u ngarkua për të marrë anije franceze dhe Anija armenike llogaritej si franceze, po qe se kishte kalime franceze.