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Title
John Peter Zenger
Creator
Parrish, George I., 1930-1992
Summary
An American colonial printer and publisher, John Peter Zenger, was the defendant and focal point in a famous trial which established the first significant victory for freedom of the press in America. As publisher of the New York Weekly Journal, he was accused of printing libelous statements about the colonial government. His attorney, Andrew Hamilton, argued that Zenger's allegations were true and therefore not libelous. The jury accepted Hamilton's thesis and freed Zenger. This momentous verdict established truth as the criterion in all future American libel suits.
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