text: This lawyer helped Matthew Kilroy and Hugh Montgomery avoid a death sentence by having them claim the benefit of clergy.
full_question: This lawyer helped Matthew Kilroy and Hugh Montgomery avoid a death sentence by having them claim the benefit of clergy. This lawyer questioned whether a man being hit with a club should be “patient as Epictetus while his master was breaking his legs with a cudgel” in a speech disparaging a crowd as “a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes and mulattoes, Irish teagues and outlandish jack tarrs” in defending Captain Thomas Preston for the Boston Massacre.  For 10 points, name this American statesman, first Vice President, second President, and father of the sixth President.
first_sentence: This lawyer helped Matthew Kilroy and Hugh Montgomery avoid a death sentence by having them claim the benefit of clergy.