450 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

418 Z. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,

received the same treatment, but there was no direct evi-
dence that they were ordered to fire by their commanders,
although they were frequently dared to do so by their as-
sailants. They were called cowards, dastards, lobsters (in
reference to the color of the coata), bloody backs (in allu-
sion to the custom of flogging in the army), and every conceiv-
-able insult was thrown at them by the excited crowd that
surrounded them.

Most effective speeches to the jury were made by Mr. Adams
and Mr. Quincy, and the verdict of the jary was that none of
them were guilty of murder, but that two were guilty of man-
slaughter.

THE TRIAL

In the Superior Court of Judicature and Court of Assize,
Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1770.

Hon. Bengzasin Lynpx,?

Hon. Joun Cusumna? Judges.
Hon, Perze Oxiver,*

How. Epxonp Trownninan,,

Nov. 87.

‘William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley,
Hugh White, Matthew Killroy, William Warren, John Car-

2 Bibliograghy. *“The trial of the British soldiers of the 29th
regiment of Foot, for the murder of Crispus Attueks, 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 Trowbridga, Esquires, Justices
of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Acsiza, and. General
Gaol Delivery, held at Boston, by adjournment, November 27, 1770.
Boston: Published by William Emmons, 1824,” The first publication
of this report of the trial was made in 1770, It was reprinted in
1807, and then in 1824, Before the trials took plece, a work was
published, of which the following is the title page: °“A Short Nar-
rative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening
of the fifth of March, 1770, by soldiers of the 29th regiment; which,
with the 14th regiment, were then quartered there; ‘with some Obser-
vations on the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe. Printed
by order of the Town of Boston, and sold by Edes & Ga, in Queen