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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zenger, John Peter 1680-1746 (search)
uncil beyond endurance. On Nov. 2, 1734, the council ordered certain numbers of the Journal containing alleged libels to be burned by the hands of the common hangman, or whipped near the 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 associate (Frederick Phillipse). This questioning of their authority made the judges very angry, and, by an order of the chief-justice, Smith and Alexander were silenced as advocates. The arbitrary act aroused public indignation, and the silenced lawyers made ample preparations for the trial, which came on in July. The grand jury had found no indictment, and Zenger was tried on information by