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8h 21min, dec 5, 1770 y - British soldiers acquitted 1770

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The jury acquitted six of the soldiers: William Wemms, William M'Cauley, Hugh White, William Warren, John Carrol and James Hartegan. The other two soldiers, Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Killroy, were found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, therefore escaping the death penalty.

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8h 21min, dec 5, 1770 y
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~ 255 years ago

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