The day of March 5, 1770 will be one in the books for many years to come. This day in history was nickname the "Boston Massacre." What happen this day in front of the custom house? I think there will always be questions and room for debate. Was Captain Thomas Preston Guilty of any charges? I believe he did nothing wrong and he handled himself better than most.
             The past decade leading up this event was one of hostility. The opposing forces where caused by migration and maturation. The protest of the Stamp Act had Bostonians destroying homes and burning effigies. The patriotic Sam Adams encouraged the colonist to even bolder.
             On March 5, 1770 there are some things that surely happened. First, there was a disturbance in front of the Custom House in Boston, Ma. Secondly, guns where fired and five men where killed. Captain Thomas Preston was the man in charge of the redcoats. The event, at night, had many differences in the testimonies of what actually took place. What exactly took place? I don't think anyone can answer that.
             From reading over the testimonies I think that Captain Thomas Preston was innocent. The prosecution witness's seam to be further away from Captain Preston than the defenses witness's. the witness's of the prosecution stories didn't jive. Some like Ebenezer Hinkley stated, "Did not hear him give Order to Fire," while William Wyatt stated, "I heard the Officer say fire." The witness on both sides cleared Preston in my opinion because the census was the Preston didn't order his men to fire. Another discrepancy with the prosecution was did there witnesses even know which redcoat was Preston that night in question. According to Diman Morton, "The Captain had a Surtout on." Then the very next witness Nathaniel Fosdick says, "The Captain had a sword in his hand. Was dressd in his Regimentals. Had no Surtout on." The strongest point of the
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