A notable libel case

the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, jr. by Daniel Webster in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, November term, 1828

by Josiah H. Benton

Politics and governmentTrials, litigationTrials (Libel)

"The indictment alleged that Lyman had charged Webster with having conspired with other leading Federalists in 1807-1808 to break up the Union and reannex New England to England"--Page 1.

For young readers

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