Category: AMERICAN STATE TRIALS VOLUME 10, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
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424X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.THE WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION,Jonathan W. Austin, Was onKing street that evening; as thesoldiers wheeled round, MeCan-ley pushed at me with his bayo-net and said, “Damn you, standoff.” Then heard several shota;saw MoCauley after the fire, re-loading,Ebeneser…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 425James Brewer. Saw Killroy onthe eustom house steps; Killroypushed me with his bayonet;heard several guns fired.James Bailey. Saw Montgom-ery, Carroll and White there;saw Montgomery fire first; thinkMontgomery killed Attucks; At-tueks was about fifteen feet fromhim…
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426XE. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ferent men piereed me in the armand elhow quite to the bone.Samuel Hemmingway. Beingin company with Killroy, heardhim say he never would miss anopportunity to fire on the peopleof the town, for he had whntedit ever eince…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 427were fired, they were scattering;after tha firing ceased, a littleboy eame and told us some percons were killed; saw them lyingin the street; did not imagine itwas anybody killed, but sup-posed that they had been…
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428X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.was nine o'clock, and did notthink anything else, till some-body cried fire.” “Did you atrikebefore the firing?” “Yes.” “Didyou strike as hard as you could?”“Yes, and hit the lock of hisgun, and if I had struck a…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 499ing; waited at the door a min-ute or two; people weradown in twos and threes attime; at length the noise sub-sided, and seemed to ba down bytheir hands, but I apprehendedno danger from them; stood…
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430¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ing, and the people began tocollect, as they do at the ery offire, and I thought it was fire; Ieame to the door, and saw themgathering thick from all quart-ers, forty, fifty or sixty, when theparty came…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 431hella rung, a8 we all thought, for mission for the peace; they paidfire, he ron out in order to go no regard to me or my orders,to it, ‘but ent an old man who was…
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432 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,sons, may not be precisely ascertained, except in the case ofKillroy, againet whom I think you have certain evidence.Tt is a rule of law, gentlemen, when the fact of Killing isonce proved, every circumstance alleviating, excusing,…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 433liege subjects as set forth in the several indictments, whichhave been read to you. The persons slain, those indictmentsset forth, as ‘“‘being in the peace of God, and our lord theking,”’ at the time of…
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484 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,Thirdly. Is there anything appearing in evidence, whichwill justify, excuse, or extenuate such homicide, by reducingit to that species of offense called manslaughter!Before we enter upon these inquiries, permit me, gentle-men, to remind you of the…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 435agreeable; what at first was irksome, soon becomes pleasing.But does experience teach that misery begets in general ahatred of lifel By no means. We all relact at death; welong for one short space more; we…
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436 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.About five of six years ago, it is well known, certain meas-ures were adopted by the British parliament, which gave ageneral alarm to this continent. Measures were alternatelytaken in Great Britain, that awakened jealousy, resentment,fortitude and…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS, 437T aay, gentlemen, and appeal to you for the truth of what Isay, that many on this continent viewed their chains as al-ready forged; they saw fettera as prepared; they beheld thesoldiers as fastening, and…
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438 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.his heart glow with an ardor, which he took for a love of lib-erty and his country, and had formed to himself no designfatal to its privileges. He recollected, no doubt, that he hadheretofore exposed himeelf…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 439must stop. If we pursue this inquiry, at this time, and inthis place, we shall be in danger of doing great injustice. Weshall get beyond our limits. The right of quartering troopsin this province must…
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440 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.hia duty to espouse the cause of those assembled in Kingstreet? I think not; but lest my opinion should not have anyweight, let me remind you of an author, who, I could wish,were in the hands…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 441with contempt a body of men, stationed, most certainly, bythe consent of her supreme legislature, the parliament ofBritain? What more disrespectful to our common sovereign,than to assume the sword of justice, and become the avengersof…
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442, &. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.justice. We ought to recollect that our present decisions willbe seanned, perhaps through all Enrope. We must not for-get, that we ourselves will have a reflective hour—an hour inwhich we shall view things through a different…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 443the fervor of our zeal, reason is in hazard of being lost ;* for,as was elegantly expressed by a Jearned gentleman at thelate trial, ‘‘the passions of man, nay, his very imaginations,are contagions.”? The pomp…
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444 X¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.in this respect. What success will follow those endeavors,depends on you, gentlemen. If being told of your dangerwill not produce caution, nothing will Uf you are deter-mined in opinion, it is vain to say more; but…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 445take it, we have no more concern, than either of you, gen-tlemen; I say, passing over all these matters aa foreign tothis trial; let us state evidence appearing even from thecrown, witnesses.Hr. Quincy then took…
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448X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.with white sticks; they made at-tacks on the barracks, and werealways drove back; always whena fresh party came from thenorth part of the town, theymade a new attack; there wereabout five or six different at-tacks made; saw…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 447sticks and clubs; they said therewas no fire, but some disturbancewith the soldiera and inhabit-ants; returned into the roomeometimes, but feeling uneasy,went to the door again, and sawseveral companies of people pass,one company consisting of…
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448X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.or three cheers; eaw them throw-ing oyster shells and snowballsat the sentry at the Custom‘Honse door; he was on the steps;some were hallooing out, “Let usburn the sentry box, let us heaveit overboard”; ‘but they did nei-John…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 449there came a little man, whosaid, “Why do you not keep yoursoldiers in their barracks”? theysaid they had done everythingthey possibly contd, and woulddo everything in their power tokeep them in their barracks; onwhich he…
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450X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.home”;up the alley again, and 1 heardthe expression, “let us go to themain gnard”; Captain Goldfinchmwas still on the steps; I heardhis voice atill talking, and I thinkhe desired every person wouldgo away; while he was talking,heard…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 451pay or blood shed this night*;they turned and went towardsthe sentinel, at the CustomHonse; I then went up by thoguard house, and when I hadpassed it a little way, I saw thesoldiers who went down…
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452X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.them, and they would have re-venge for something or other, Icould not tell what; that theywould drive them before them;some said they had been to Rowe’sbarracks, and had driven the eol-diers or the sentine) into the bar-racks;…
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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 453Andrew. Am Oliver Wen-dell’s negro; on the evening ofthe fifth March was at home;heard the bells ring, and went tothe gate, and saw one of my se-quaintances; I asked him whatwas the matter; he said…