An American history . same were also towns in NewYork where the county boardwas made up of their represen-tatives. 219. The Colonial all the colonies except RhodeIsland and Connecticut, thegovernor could veto acts ofthe Assembly, and any coloniallegislation might be vetoed bythe king. Consequently onmany occasions the Americanshad need of some one to lookafter their interests in each colony got in theway of employing an agent, in some cases, ap-peared before the Privy Coun-cil, or at the bar of the Houseof Commons, and presented thecolonial side o
An American history . same were also towns in NewYork where the county boardwas made up of their represen-tatives. 219. The Colonial all the colonies except RhodeIsland and Connecticut, thegovernor could veto acts ofthe Assembly, and any coloniallegislation might be vetoed bythe king. Consequently onmany occasions the Americanshad need of some one to lookafter their interests in each colony got in theway of employing an agent, in some cases, ap-peared before the Privy Coun-cil, or at the bar of the Houseof Commons, and presented thecolonial side of some questionin which the Americans wereinterested. Whenever theAmericans felt themselves wronged, they could appeal to theking in council. 220. Freedom of Speech. One new principle had beenadded by the Americans to the body of Enghsh law. In 1735 apoor printer in New York, Peter Zenger, was publisher of anewspaper, the New York Weekly Journal. The governorhad removed the chief justice because the latter had refused. ST. MICHAELS, CHARLESTON,Typical colonial church. MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 147 to acknowledge the right of the governor to order certain casesto be tried without a jury, and the governors action wasseverely criticized in the Weekly Journal. As a consequenceZenger found himself in court on a charge of libel. Public-spirited men of New York felt that the trial was an attackon the freedom of the press and secured the first lawyer inAmerica, Andrew Hamilton from Philadelphia, to defendZenger. This famous trial ended in estabhshing the principlethat the truth can be spoken no matter whom it injures with-
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