541 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN THOMAS PRESTON FOR THE MURDER OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS AND OTHERS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770The Narrative and TrialBefore the trial of the eight soldiers was held (ante, p. 415), Captain Thomas Preston,…
542 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:510 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.It was evident that Mr. Adams, in an attempt to curb the situation, warned the witness that if he did not desist, he would decline to have any further involvement…
539 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSAlthough Killroy and other soldiers had a quarrel with Gray and others at the rope-walks a few days before the fifth of March, it is not certain that Killroy then…
538 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:506 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Nay, while soldiers are in the immediate service of the king and the regular discharge of their duty, they rather come within the reason of civil officers and their assistants,…
540 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:508 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The soldiers had the right to stand their ground and repel force with force, rather than retreat and yield to the rioters.It is unnecessary for me to discuss what you…
535 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSWith regard to the assault made upon the party of soldiers at the custom-house, if you believe they were attacked by such numbers and in such a violent manner as…
536 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:504 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Montgomery killed Attucks, and Langford swears Killroy killed Gray, but none of the witnesses undertake to say that either of the other prisoners in particular killed any of the other…
537 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSIf there is sufficient reason to believe that Montgomery fired and killed Attucks for the preservation of his own life, it was justifiable homicide, and he ought to be acquitted.…
533 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMHUS AND SEVEN OTHERSYou have heard the deposition regarding the resolution to drive the soldiers out of town "because they had no business here." You have also heard testimony about the proposals to…
534 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:502 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.All members of the party will, by law, be chargeable with each mortal stroke given by any one of them, as though they all had, in fact, given it.It is…
529 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 497Second. Whether they, or either of them, were killed by the prisoners, or either of them? And if they were, then,Third. Whether such killing was justifiable, excusable, or felonious?…
530 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:498 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSIf one of the prisoners did not actually kill either of the persons who were slain, you must consider whether he did it in consideration of law. Now, all who…
528 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:496 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The account given by other witnesses of the collection of the citizens evidently refers to those who assembled when the soldiers rushed out in the manner before mentioned. And though…
531 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 499If the action upon which that declaration was founded is unlawful in one part of the king's dominions, it is equally unlawful to be done in any other part.…
532 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:500 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.It is for you to determine this matter upon the whole of the evidence given to you. In doing so, you ought to reconcile the several testimonies, if by any…
525 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSIt remains to be determined whether the publication of the evidence has tended more to the advantage or disadvantage of the prisoners. It is notorious that, by means of it,…
526 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:494 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I am designed to prove to you that on the evening of the 8th of March, the town was in a general commotion. Vast numbers of people were seen coming…
527 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSThe evil disposition and abusive behavior of many of the soldiers toward the citizens had created a tense atmosphere. Even the most peaceable among the citizens found it necessary to…
523 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSThe counsel for the prisoners, having spoken last, has produced so many authorities that I would not normally think it necessary to comment on it particularly. However, it has been…
524 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:492 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In the proceedings that have unfolded, the defense of the prisoners has been vigorously pursued, appealing to your passions in favor of life in a manner that might be unsettling…
520 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:488 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The prosecution aimed to prove that Killroy harbored preconceived malice in his heart, not specifically against the unfortunate victims who were killed, but against the inhabitants in general. They argued…
519 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSIt is not respectable for them. The sun is not about to stand still or go out, nor the rivers to dry up, because there was a mob in Boston…
521 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSAttucks, whom Montgomery was supposed to have killed, appeared to have undertaken to be the hero of the night and to lead this army with banners. He first formed them…
522 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:490 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The use of cinders, clubs, or sticks of any kind was a provocation, for which the law reduces the offense of killing down to manslaughter, in consideration of those passions…
516 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:484 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I have no reason to suppose that there ever was one in Boston, at least among the natives of the country. But rioters are in the same situation, as far…
517 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 485Who were endeavoring to deprive him of his; that is a point I would not give up for my right hand, nay, for my life."Well, I say, if the…
515 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 483The case of Pudsey, reported by Crompton and cited by Hale, turned upon this point. The offenses they respectively stood charged with as principals were committed far out of…
518 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:486 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Words alone may precede, but if, after using such language, I proceed to take someone by the nose or fillip them on the forehead, that constitutes an assault, a blow.…
514 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:482 AMERICAN STATE TRIALSIn this case, the principal issue is the reversal of the scene; if you are satisfied that these soldiers were present on a lawful design, and it is proven that any…
512 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:480. X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.At certain critical seasons, even in the mildest government, the people are liable to run into riots and tumults. There are church quakes and state quakes in the moral and…