[1] He was accused of libel in 1734 by William Cosby, the royal governor of New York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol for freedom of the press.

[2] In 1733, Zenger began printing The New York Weekly Journal, which voiced opinions critical of the colonial governor, William Cosby.

[4] Zenger's lawyers, Andrew Hamilton and William Smith, Sr., successfully argued that truth is a defense against charges of libel.

[12] In 1733, Zenger printed copies of newspapers in New York to voice his disagreement with the actions of the newly appointed colonial governor William Cosby.

[13] Supported by members of the Popular Party, Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal continued to publish articles critical of the royal governor.

Finally, Cosby issued a proclamation condemning the newspaper's "divers scandalous, virulent, false and seditious reflections.

Rebuffed repeatedly by chief justice James DeLancey during the trial, Hamilton decided to plead his client's case directly to the jury.

This was a pen-name used by British writers John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, whose essays were published as Cato's Letters (1723).

[26] A ten foot high limestone statue of John Peter Zenger is mounted on the brick wall of P.S.