Zenger, John Peter (zĕng`ər), 1697–1746, American journalist, b. Germany. He emigrated to America in 1710 and was trained as a printer by William Bradford Bradford, William, 1663–1752, British pioneer printer in the American colonies. Born in Leicestershire, England, he served an apprenticeship under a London printer before emigrating in 1685 to Philadelphia, where he set up the first press.
..... Click the link for more information. (1663–1752). Zenger began publication of the New York Weekly Journal in 1733, an opposition paper to Bradford's New York Gazette and to the policies of Gov. William Cosby. Zenger's newspaper, backed by several prominent lawyers and merchants, truculently attacked the administration. Although most of the articles were written by Zenger's backers, Zenger was legally responsible and was arrested on libel charges and imprisoned (1734). In the celebrated trial that followed (1735) Zenger was defended by Andrew Hamilton Hamilton, Andrew, 1676?–1741, colonial American lawyer, defender of John Peter Zenger, b. Scotland. He practiced law in Maryland and then Pennsylvania, where he became (1717) attorney general and held other offices.
..... Click the link for more information. , who established truth as a defense in cases of libel. The trial, which resulted in the publisher's acquittal, helped to establish freedom of the press in America. Zenger later became public printer for the colonies of New York (1737) and New Jersey (1738).

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See biography by L. Rutherford (1904, repr. 1970); V. Buranelli, ed., The Trial of Peter Zenger (1957, repr. 1985).

Zenger, John Peter

(born 1697, Germany—died July 28, 1746, New York, N.Y.) German-born U.S. printer and journalist. He immigrated to New York at age 13 and was indentured to a printer before starting his own printing business (1726). In 1733 he began publishing the New York Weekly Journal. Arrested for libel in 1734 for his attacks on the policies of the colonial governor, he was acquitted on the grounds that his charges were based on fact (a key consideration in libel cases since that time). It was the first important victory for freedom of the press in Britain's North American colonies.

Zenger, John Peter (1697–1746) printer, journalist; born in Germany. He emigrated to New York and formed a printing partnership. As editor of the New-York Weekly Journal, he was arrested and tried for libelous statements against the administration of Governor William Cosby. The sentence of not guilty was the first major victory for the freedom of the press.

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Byline: Jeffrey Long COLUMN: MOVIE REVIEW When we think of historically notable advocates of freedom of the press, we might think of Worcester's own Isaiah Thomas, as well as John Peter Zenger, Nat Hentoff, and, of course, Barnet Lee Rosset Jr.

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00 Hardcover JK2249 From Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist and businessman recently convicted of defrauding American Indian tribes and corrupting public officials, to John Peter Zenger, the newspaper publisher whose 1735 trial and acquittal for sedition and libel for accusing the Governor of New York of corruption set an important free speech standard in the United States, this two-volume encyclopedia contains some 300 articles detailing the history of political corruption in the United States.

Political corruption in America; an encyclopedia of scandals, power, ... by Reference & Research Book News

The printer's trial; the case of John Peter Zenger and the fight for a free press.

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