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The Zenger Trial John Peter Zenger publisher of a New-York Weekly Journal in 1735. The new governor (William Crosby) had removed a judge and tried to fix.

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1 The Zenger Trial John Peter Zenger publisher of a New-York Weekly Journal in 1735. The new governor (William Crosby) had removed a judge and tried to fix an election.

2 Printed in Zenger’s paper
“A Governor turns rogue, does a thousand things for which a small rogue would have deserved a halter [hanging], and because it is difficult….to obtain relief against him,…. It is prudent to join in the roguery.”

3 The Zenger Trial John Peter Zenger publisher of a New-York Weekly Journal in 1735. The new governor (William Crosby) had removed a judge and tried to fix an election. Zenger was arrested and put in jail for 8 months before trial. Andrew Hamilton defended Zenger.

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5 The Zenger Trial John Peter Zenger publisher of a New-York Weekly Journal in 1735. The new governor (William Crosby) had removed a judge and tried to fix an election. Zenger was arrested and put in jail for 8 months before trial. Andrew Hamilton defended Zenger and won the case.

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8 Is freedom of the press important today?
Should truth always be shared? Is freedom of the press important today?

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