Who was John Peter Zenger and why was he on trial?

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anonymous · Answer

John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) was a German American printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City. Zenger printed The New York Weekly Journal.[1] He was a defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence, known as "The Zenger Trial", which established that truth is a defense against charges of libel.[2] In late 1733, Zenger began printing The New Weekly Journal to voice his opinions critical of the colonial governor, William Cosby.[3] In November 1734 Zenger was arrested by the sheriff on the orders of Cosby and after a grand jury refused to indict him was charged with libel in January 1735 by the attorney general Richard Bradley

anonymous · Answer

refers to freedom of speech
he published an article in the newspaper against the govt