Captain preston prepared his own account of the actions on king street and the βcase of capt If a transcript of the trial of captain preston ever existed, it has disappeared Thomas prestonβ was published in london in the public advertiser in april 1770
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As an officer, preston received a separate trial from the other accused soldiers
John adams successfully defended him.
Hoping to gain support in england (and perhaps secure a pardon from the king), preston prepares his own account of the events in king street, the case of capt Thomas preston, which is spirited to london and published in the public advertiser in april 1770. This, as i was captain of the day, occasioned my repairing immediately to the main guard In my way there i saw the people in great commotion, and heard them use the most cruel and horrid threats against the troops.
He had done his best to delay the case from coming to trial in order to let popular sentiments cool The defense argued that there was not sufficient evidence to prove that preston had given the fatal order Witness testimony in captain preston's trial suggest that he may have been standing in front of his soldiers when they fired their weapons, unlike what is depicted in this engraving. Read the passage and answer the questions
The following testimony of the boston massacre was given by captain thomas preston during court hearings on the event on march 13, 1770
I saw the people in great commotion and heard them use the most cruel and horrid threats against the troops. The primary source that was used was a complied list of the personal accounts and eyewitness accounts.it was put together by becker and wheeler from the book called βthe american pastβ (1990).