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Zenger overcame hardship with the death of his father in the trip to America. His mother raised the children alone and never remarried.  

Zenger overcame hardship with the death of his father in the trip to America. His mother raised the children alone and never remarried.  

Zenger became an indentured apprentice to New York's only printer, William Bradford, to whom he became partnered in 1725.  When he earned his own ability to print, he decided to publish James Alexander's attacks on New York Governor Cosby's administration in a newspaper called The New York Weekly Journal.  Truth in allegations was not a perfect defense to charges of libel, as it is today.  Zenger was imprisoned over eight months of terrible conditions in New York City's Old Jail.  Zenger withstood pressure and refused to identify the source of the offensive articles.

Zenger became an indentured apprentice to New York's only printer, William Bradford, to whom he became partnered in 1725.  When he earned his own ability to print, he decided to publish James Alexander's attacks on New York Governor Cosby's administration.  In 1733, he began publishing America's first party newspaper, called The New York Weekly Journal.   

 

Truth in allegations was not a perfect defense to charges of libel, as it is today.  Zenger was imprisoned over eight months of terrible conditions in New York City's Old Jail.  Zenger withstood pressure and refused to identify the source of the offensive articles.

Zenger's wife continued to publish the New York Weekly Journal with his husband in jail, despite raising many children at the time.  This kept public support high for Zenger.   

Zenger's wife continued to publish the New York Weekly Journal with his husband in jail, despite raising many children at the time.  This kept public support high for Zenger.   

At trial,<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html</ref> Zenger was acquitted based on [[jury nullification]], which  means the jury ignored the law and held in favor of a defendant who had undeniably broken the law.  In other words, the jury found the law to be unjust and "nullified" it to reach a not guilty verdict.

At trial,<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html</ref> Zenger was acquitted based on [[jury nullification]], which  means the jury ignored the law and held in favor of a defendant who had undeniably broken the law.  In other words, the jury found the law to be unjust and "nullified" it to reach a not guilty verdict.

Free again, Zenger printed mostly religious tracts.  In 1733, he began publishing America's first party newspaper, the New York Weekly Journal.

Free again, Zenger printed mostly religious tracts.   

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