- Date
- March 5, 1770 (256 years ago) ( 1770-03-05 )
- Caused by
- Townshend Acts Occupation of Boston Killing of Christopher Seider and the pardon of his killer
- Resulted in
- Five American colonists killed
- Type
- Shooting , manslaughter
- Accused
- Thomas Preston William Wemms Hugh Montgomery John Carroll James Hartigan William McCauley William Warren Matthew Kilroy Four civilians
- Convicted
- Montgomery, Kilroy
- Charges
- Murder
- Verdict
- Montgomery and Kilroy found guilty on the lesser offense of manslaughter Remaining accused found not guilty
- Sentence
- Montgomery, Kilroy: , Branding of the thumb