American Revolution - John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial of 1770
440 pages of trial transcripts and history of the trial of British soldiers
The future president John Adams (1735-1826), as a young lawyer served as counsel for the defense in the trial of eight British soldiers accused of murder during a riot in Boston on March 5, 1770.
William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley, Hugh White, Matthew Killroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery, soldiers in the English 29th regiment of foot, were accused of murdering Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr.
The case was heard at the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Goal Delivery, on November 27, 1770, by adjournment, before justices Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Troweridge.
Contents include:
Title: The trial of the British soldiers, of the 29th regiment of foot, for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, March 5, 1770,
before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, esquires, justices of the Superior court of judicature, Court of assize, and general goal delivery, held at Boston, byadjournment, November 27, 1770.
Title: History ofthe Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770: consisting of the narrative of the town, the trial of the soldiers, and a historical introduction, containing unpublished documents of John Adams, and explanatory notes.
