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X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

home”;
up the alley again, and 1 heard
the expression, “let us go to the
main gnard”; Captain Goldfinch
mwas still on the steps; I heard
his voice atill talking, and I think
he desired every person would
go away; while he was talking,
heard the report of a musket;
the report of s second gun;
presently a third; upon the fir-
ing of the first gun, heard Cap-
tain Goldfinch say, “I thought it
would come to this, it is time for
me to go”; I then saw a soldier
eome down the alley from Corn-
hill, and go up to the steps where
the officers stood; he said, they
fired from or upon the main
guard; then heard the dram at
the main guard beat to arms; I
eame down stairs and did not go
out till I was sent for to some of
the swounded people; I was sent
for to Maverick; about two
hours before his death, I asked
him concerning the affair; he
said he went up the lane, and
just as be got to the corner, he
heard a gun; he did not retreat
back, but went to the Town

Houge; as he was going along’

he was shot.

Benjamin Davis, Jr. On even-
ing of the 6th of March, near
the bottom of Royal Exehange
lane, saw a mob by Mr. Green-
leaf's; went right along into
King street, where I saw the sen-
tinel; a barber's boy, who was
there erying, said the sentry had
struck him, and I asked bim
what business he had to do it;
I went home and ataid at the
gate in Green’s lane some time;
Samuel Gray (one of the persons
killed that night in King street)
came along, and asked where the
fire was; I seid there was no
fire, it was the soldiers fighting;

then a great many went *

he said, “damn it, I am glad of
it, I will knock some of them on
the head”; he ran off; I said to
him, “take heed you do not get
killed in the affray yourself”; ho
said, “do not you fear, damn
their bloods”; he had a stick un-
der his arm.

Alexander Cruckshank. Am a
jeweler; on the evening of fifth
of March, aa the ¢lock struck
nine, came up Royal Exchange
lane; heard some boya abusing
the sentinel; often saw the two
boys go towards the box and
back to the sentinel with a fresh
repetition of oathe; they ealled
him lobster and rascal, wished
he was in hell’s fames, often and
often; neither heard nor saw
the sentinel do anything to them;
he only said it was his post, and
he would maintain it, and if they
offered to molest him, he would
run them through; upon his aay-
ing thia, two boys made up some
snowballs and threw them at the
sentinel, who called out, “guard,
guard,” two or three times, very
loud;’ upon that, some soldiers
eame from towards the main
guard, seven or eight; come had
bayonets, some swords, others
sticks in their hands; on their
approach, these people and the
boys who stood before the box,
went up to the back of the
Town House, by the barber's
shop; I crossed King street;

‘three or four of these soldiers

came down to me, damned me,
and asked who I was; I said, I
was going home peaceably, and
interfered with neither one side
or another; one of them, with
a bayonet or sword, gave me a
light stroke over my shoulder,
and said, “friend, you had better
go home, for by’ all I can fore-
see, there will be the devil to

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