[Rarebooks] FS: 1846 Massachusetts Newspaper vs. Rum Seller Libel Trial

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

1846 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.

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.

5.25”x8.5”, 60 pages. Disbound. Some wear and light soil. [42947]  $125

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