452 Sheet – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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420 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

The following jurors were selected: Joseph Mayo, foreman, and Nathaniel Davis, of Roxbury; Abraham Wheeler and Edward Peirce, of Dorchester; Josiah Thayer, of Braintree; Benjamin Fisher, of Dedham; Samuel Davenport and Joseph Haughton, of Milton.

It is alleged that William Warren, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did shoot off and discharge at and against the said Crispus Attucks, and that the said William Warren, with the leaden bullets as aforesaid, out of the said hand gun, then and there by force of the said gunpowder so shot off and discharged as aforesaid, did then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, strike, penetrate, and wound the said Crispus Attucks in and upon the right breast, a little below the right pap of him the said Crispus, and in and upon the left breast, a little below the left pap of him the said Crispus, thereby giving to him the said Crispus, with one of the bullets aforesaid, so shot off and discharged as aforesaid, in and upon the right breast, a little below the right pap of him the said Crispus, one mortal wound of the depth of six inches, and of the width of one inch; and also thereby giving to him the said Crispus, with the other bullet aforesaid, so shot off and discharged by the said William Warren as aforesaid, in and upon the left breast, a little below the left pap of him the said Crispus, one other mortal wound of the depth of six inches, and of the width of one inch, of which said mortal wounds, the said Crispus Attucks then and there instantly died.

It is further alleged that the aforesaid Thomas Preston, William Wemms, James Hartegan, William M’Cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Kilroy, William Warren, John Carrol, Hugh Montgomery, Hammond Green, Thomas Greenwood, Edward Manwaring, and John Munroe, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, were present, aiding, helping, abetting, comforting, assisting, and maintaining the said William Warren, to do and commit the felony and murder aforesaid.

And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do say, that the said Thomas Preston, William Wemms, James Hartegan, William M’Cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Kilroy, William Warren, John Carrol, Hugh Montgomery, Hammond Green, Thomas Greenwood, Edward Manwaring, and John Munroe, then and there, in manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder the said Crispus Attucks, against the peace of the said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.

Jon. Sewall, Att. pro. Dom. Rege.
Wm. Taylor, Foreman.

At the same Court, the said James Hartegan was indicted for the murder of Samuel Gray; and the said Thomas Preston, Esq., William Wemms, William M’Cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Kilroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery, for being present, aiding, helping, and abetting the said James Hartegan to do and commit the felony and murder aforesaid.

And at the same Court, the said Matthew Kilroy was indicted for the murder of James Caldwell.

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