Zenger trial

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:convicted_of 1735
gptkbp:court gptkb:Governor_William_Cosby
gptkb:Andrew_Hamilton
gptkb:John_Peter_Zenger
gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:date 1735
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Andrew_Hamilton
gptkb:William_Cosby
gptkb:John_Peter_Zenger
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zenger trial
gptkbp:impact American journalism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:involves gptkb:William_Cosby
gptkb:John_Peter_Zenger
gptkbp:judges gptkb:James_De_Lancey
gptkbp:legal_issue truth as a defense
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:outcome not guilty
not guilty verdict
established press freedom
gptkbp:precedent libel law
gptkbp:related_concept gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:freedom_of_expression
gptkb:public_opinion
gptkb:American_Revolution
First Amendment rights
civil rights
journalistic integrity
judicial independence
government accountability
freedom of speech
civil liberties
colonial resistance
political dissent
trial by jury
due process
libel
media ethics
press freedom movements
legal history
political trials
press rights
historical trials
historical journalism
gptkbp:related_event publication of the New-York Weekly Journal
gptkbp:significance freedom of the press
established precedent for press freedom
gptkbp:type gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:year 1735
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Peter_Zenger
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5