John Symes, Sheriff of New York City, arrests John Peter Zenger, editor of the New-York Weekly Journal, for publishing a series of articles accusing William Crosby, the Royal Governor of New York, of corruption. Zenger’s bail is set so high that he must remain incarcerated until his trial.
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References:
Livingston Rutherford, John Peter Zenger: his press, his trial, and a bibliography of Zenger, (New York City: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904; Gloucester, Massachusetts, Peter Smith, 1963), 43-46.
John Peter Zenger – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peter_Zenger
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