Excerpt from The Tryal of John Peter Zenger, of New York, Printer: Who Was Lately Try'd and Acquitted for Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government Mr. Garret/5n, 'from the Committee of this Houfe, reported, That they lait Night met the Committee of the Council, on the fubjee't Mat ter of their Me 'age of ye erday to this Houfe and that after {everal Preliminaries between the {aid Committees, the Gentlemen of the Council reduced to Writing, what they reque ed of this Houfe, and deliveredv the fame to the Chairman, who delivered it in at the Table, and being read, is in the Words following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."