Statistics for occurrence #1 of “William Alexander” in entry zenger-john-peter of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...e pillory ; and a few days afterwards, by order of the same authority, Zenger was arrested and cast into prison on a charge of libel.
Van Dam's counsel (William Smith, father of the historian, and William Alexander , father of Lord Stirling) took up Zenger's case with vigor.
At the next term of the court (April, 1735) they filed an exception to the commissions of the chief-justice (James De Lancey) and the ass...
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† | William Alexander | 99 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 0 user votes | |
William Alexander Stuart | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William Alexander Graham | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Sir William Alexander | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William Alexander Brunson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William Alexander Hammond | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 user votes | ||
William Alexander Caruthers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William Alexander Thom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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