The 'other' Hamilton, and truth as a libel defense | Maryland Daily Record
Come with me in your mind’s eye to New York City in 1735. John Peter Zenger, editor and printer of New York Weekly Journal, was experiencing a grim, grueling experience. He had been arrested and incarcerated for seditious libel against Gov. William Cosby, a serious criminal offense during this colonial time. The law of libel ...
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