John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) was a German printer and journalist in New York City. Zenger printed The New York Weekly Journal... 18 KB (1,915 words) - 17:56, 1 March 2024 |
pre-date the American Revolution; one influential case in 1734 involved John Peter Zenger and established precedent that "The Truth" is an absolute defense... 27 KB (3,442 words) - 14:44, 2 February 2024 |
The New York Weekly Journal was a weekly journal, printed by John Peter Zenger, from November 5, 1733 to March 18, 1751. It was the second journal in... 6 KB (695 words) - 05:40, 23 February 2024 |
Felix Zenger (born 1986), Finnish beatboxer John Peter Zenger (1697–1746), a German-American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist SS Peter Zenger, Liberty... 1 KB (156 words) - 18:12, 28 December 2023 |
William Cosby (section Zenger case) accused publisher John Peter Zenger of sedition and libel for publishing unflattering reports about Cosby. In spite of Cosby's efforts, Zenger was acquitted... 17 KB (1,924 words) - 16:18, 16 March 2024 |
Andrew Hamilton (lawyer) (section Zenger case) his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger. His involvement with the 1735 decision in New York helped to establish... 26 KB (3,308 words) - 14:54, 8 March 2024 |
for his legal victory on behalf of printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger, is believed to have inspired the "Philadelphia lawyer" term. This... 2 KB (170 words) - 09:41, 19 January 2024 |
libel lawsuits. An early example of libel is the case of John Peter Zenger in 1735. Zenger was hired to publish the New York Weekly Journal. When he... 211 KB (25,218 words) - 17:58, 18 March 2024 |
grew up, eventually marrying a member of the same refugee group, John Peter Zenger. The couple married on 11 September 1722 in Manhattan's Dutch Reformed... 5 KB (566 words) - 23:35, 13 November 2023 |
SS Peter Zenger was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Peter Zenger, a printer and journalist in... 5 KB (309 words) - 05:14, 23 February 2024 |
John Peter Zenger was arrested and imprisoned for seditious libel in 1734 after his newspaper criticized the colonial governor of New York. Zenger spent... 10 KB (1,321 words) - 22:07, 19 January 2024 |
New York trial of John Peter Zenger for libel, when the Philadelphia attorney Andrew Hamilton was permitted to appear on Zenger's behalf. By 1876, the... 8 KB (955 words) - 19:24, 3 November 2023 |
the free-press/free-speech movement (as in the 1735 trial against John Peter Zenger, which started with an anonymous essay). By the 1970s, editors had... 11 KB (1,496 words) - 11:40, 11 May 2023 |
Morton's high-living." A celebrated legal case in 1734–1735 involved John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper printer who regularly published material critical... 137 KB (15,665 words) - 02:17, 16 March 2024 |
by General James Oglethorpe. Where slavery was prohibited. 1735 – John Peter Zenger is found innocent of libel by the New York City trial on August 4... 25 KB (3,108 words) - 10:51, 14 February 2024 |
weakened, but not abolished, in the 1735 New York case of Crown v. John Peter Zenger. Zenger had published attacks on Governor William Cosby that were well... 56 KB (6,349 words) - 02:48, 25 March 2024 |
Areopagitica (redirect from Areopagitica: A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England) censorship Chilling effect Of Education John Peter Zenger Milton, John (1644). Areopagitica, A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing... 20 KB (2,612 words) - 15:26, 26 March 2024 |
Family of William Allen (loyalist) (section John Allen) defense lawyer in the John Peter Zenger case of 1735, and brother of James Hamilton. William and Margaret had six children: John, Andrew, James, William... 4 KB (466 words) - 15:04, 14 February 2024 |
percentage than in Philadelphia or Boston. The 1735 libel trial of John Peter Zenger in the city was a seminal influence on freedom of the press in North... 77 KB (7,650 words) - 07:44, 25 March 2024 |
"Account of Zenger Trial". Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008. "German immigrant printer named John Peter Zenger" Judy Putnam... 362 KB (37,267 words) - 05:07, 28 March 2024 |
Struck jury (section King v. Zenger, 1735) Māori was accused of a crime until it was abolished in 1961. In 1735, John Peter Zenger, a newspaper publisher, was arrested and tried for libel against the... 9 KB (1,239 words) - 14:45, 10 January 2024 |
Christopher Bates, who contributes to the site under the name Zenger, chosen in honor of John Peter Zenger. Their respective contributions are differentiated by... 14 KB (1,785 words) - 20:26, 13 March 2024 |
which will not recur until 1979. August 16 (August 5 old style– John Peter Zenger of The New York Weekly Journal becomes a symbol of freedom of the... 13 KB (1,597 words) - 00:31, 17 February 2024 |