[Rarebooks] FS: 1846 Rum Seller vs. Temperance Paper for Libel

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

[Rum & Temperance]  Report of the Trial of B.W. Williams and Others, 
Editor and Printers of the Dew Drop, a Temperance Paper Published at 
Taunton, Mass., for an alleged libel upon William Wilbar, a rumseller of 
Taunton, before the Supreme Judicial Court at New Bedford, at the 
November Term, 1845, His Honor, Judge Hubbard on the bench.

Printed in Taunton by Hack & King in 1846.

In January, 1845, the defendant published in his temperance paper, “The 
Dewdrop”, an article entitled “The Dream” in which he dreams he enters 
Mr. Wilbar’s shop. Mr. Wilbar appears to have taken exception to, among 
other things, the reference to his shop as “that house of human 
slaughter”, and himself as “the incarnate Devil… there issued from his 
mouth, flames of fire, which withered and scorched all the deluded 
wretches who has been enticed within”. Apparently the jury was not 
upset, as they found the defendants not guilty after deliberating for 
only 45 minutes. Although there are many reprint editions available, the 
original 1846 printing is scarce in the marketplace.

Softcover. 5.25”x8.5”, 60 pages. Some wear and light soil.  [42947]  
$350

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