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The prosecutors built their case upon the soldiers' hatred of the townspeople.
Josiah quincy boston massacre 1770
Witnesses testified to the soldiers' behavior before and during the Massacre, characterizing them as brawling fighters and agitators little better than criminals, resting with a strong case against them. Josiah Quincy opened for the defense by reminding the jury that the soldiers must be judged based on "the evidence here in Court produced against them, and by nothing else." Like Captain Preston, none of the soldiers could take the stand in their own behalf.
Testimony of Dr.
John Jeffries for the Defense
Q. Was you Patrick Carr's surgeon?
A. I was...
Q.
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Was he [Carr] apprehensive of his danger?
A. He told me...he was a native of Ireland, that he had frequently seen mobs, and soldiers called upon to quell them...he had seen soldiers often fire on the people in Ireland, but had never seen them bear half so much before they fired in his life...
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When had you the last