Word: zenger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...your story of June 22 concerning the views of Justice Black on freedom of speech, you incorrectly cite John Peter Zenger as being a victim of the Sedition...
...Zenger (1697-1746) was brought to trial in 1735 for publishing the New York Weekly Journal, which contained articles attacking the arbitrary measures of the Governor of New York, William Cosby. Zenger was arrested on the charge of false and scandalous libel, and imprisoned and held incommunicado for nine months. Zenger's lawyer, Andrew Hamilton of Philadelphia, argued that the statements published were in fact true. In deciding for Zenger, the principle was established that the publication of truthful statements could not be considered libelous...
...Acts empowered the President to export any alien deemed dangerous to the country and to punish journalists for printing anything detrimental to the national interest. A journalist, John Peter Zenger, was brought to trial under the Sedition Act, but a jury found him innocent. By 1801, both laws had vanished from the federal statute book...
After commenting that he "had looked to hearing Professor Howe on the First Amendment, he sang "Freedom City," a bitter song about voting in Tennessee, and followed with a song supposedly written by Zenger...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). Eyewitness accounts of the battle of Cassino by opposing Generals Mark Clark and Fridolin von Zenger...