The importance of the case is that it established the principle, now firmly embedded in U. Alexander Hamilton used this argument in the case of People v. Croswell N. The concept was later incorporated into the law of New York and other states.
He is co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the First Amendment. This article was originally published in Alexander, James. Stanley N. Cambridge, Mass. Bogen, David S. Braniff, Andrew. David Schultz and John R. Vile, — Armonk, N. McManus, Edgar J. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, — New York: Oxford University Press, Putnam, William Lowell. John Peter Zenger and the Fundamental Freedom.
Jefferson, N. Kluger, Richard. New York: W. Olson, Alison. A man named John Chambers was then assigned as a counsel for Zenger and entered a plea of not guilty. Chambers was a young man with little law experience in law. He was also complementary of Governor William Cosby's administration. Alexander and Smith searched for the most experienced trial attorney in the colonies and selected a man by the name Andrew Hamilton.
A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was no relation to Alexander Hamilton and was born in Scotland in Hamilton was the Attorney General of Pennsylvania from through and became Recorder of Philadelphia in Later, he would go on to become the Speaker of the Assembly from to After John Peter Zenger had languished in jail for an entire year, his trial began on August 4, inside a small court room in the New York City Hall.
The Attorney General opened the case, saying that the defendant had pleaded not guilty to printing and publishing a false, scandalous, and seditious libel against Governor Cosby. Chief Justice DeLancey then said to the jury, "The laws in my opinion are very clear; they cannot be admitted to justify a libel.
When the jury returned, the Clerk asked whether they agreed on a verdict and whether John Peter Zenger was guilty of printing and publishing libels.
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