Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr died from wounds obtained at this event.
At the trial for this event, Samuel Quincy and Robert Treat Paine served as the prosecution, and Josiah Quincy was on the defense team. The two men found guilty for this action pleaded the "benefit of clergy" to escape the death penalty and were also defended by John Adams. Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr died from wounds obtained at this event. Thomas Preston led the British troops that opened fire during it. For 10 points, name this 1770 event in which a mob was fired upon in a New England city, which resulted in the death of Crispus Attucks.
At the trial for this event, Samuel Quincy and Robert Treat Paine served as the prosecution, and Josiah Quincy was on the defense team.
{Boston Massacre}