Zenger being defended by Andrew Hamilton
(Source: The Historical Society of the Courts of New York)
Question 0904:
In the 1735 case of New York newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger,
(A) his lawyer focused on the illegality of a law rather than his Zenger's innocence
(B) Zenger was acquitted of seditious libel for printing articles critical of the royal governor
(C) Zenger's lawyer argued that the articles were not libelous because they were based on facts
(D) an important principle of freedom of the press was established
(E) all of the above are true
In the 1735 case of New York newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger,
(A) his lawyer focused on the illegality of a law rather than his Zenger's innocence
(B) Zenger was acquitted of seditious libel for printing articles critical of the royal governor
(C) Zenger's lawyer argued that the articles were not libelous because they were based on facts
(D) an important principle of freedom of the press was established
(E) all of the above are true