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The Boston Massacre Trials. The trials ended quietly. One took place 8 month after the incident. Defended by John Adams, Preston was fully acquitted. The second decision resulted in two convictions. The jury assembled for the trial did not have a single Bostonian. Read about other interesting facts and compare the documents and witness testimonies.
On a wintry evening in March of 1770, a group of British soldiers opened fire into a crowd of youths and men gathered near the Custom House in Boston. A number of the men were wounded; five of them died. The incident was labeled a massacre of innocent, unarmed civilians by bloodthirsty soldiers.