In this city, two members of the "Geneva Club" were arrested for stealing two silver candlesticks and a sack of coins from Robert Hogg. This city's Judge Daniel Horsmanden ordered the hanging of John Ury, an itinerant teacher suspected of being a Roman Catholic priest because he could read Latin. In this city, Chief Justice Lewis Morris was dismissed for dissenting in a suit, prompting his "Morrisite" allies to found a Weekly Journal. In this city, the elaborate testimony of an indentured servant named Mary Barton led to thirteen (*) slaves being burned at the stake fo
In this city, two members of the "Geneva Club" were arrested for stealing two silver candlesticks and a sack of coins from Robert Hogg. This city's Judge Daniel Horsmanden ordered the hanging of John Ury, an itinerant teacher suspected of being a Roman Catholic priest because he could read Latin. In this city, Chief Justice Lewis Morris was dismissed for dissenting in a suit, prompting his "Morrisite" allies to found a Weekly Journal. In this city, the elaborate testimony of an indentured servant named Mary Barton led to thirteen (*) slaves being burned at the stake for supposedly conspiring to burn this city down. This city, the site of trials over that fictional "Negro's Plot" in 1741, was where lawyer Andrew Hamilton defended a man accused of libel against Governor William Cosby. For 10 points, name this city where the Zenger Trial occurred.
In this city, two members of the "Geneva Club" were arrested for stealing two silver candlesticks and a sack of coins from Robert Hogg.
New York City