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Domestic News July 9, 1798

The Gazette

Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

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In Philadelphia on June 29, printer Benjamin Franklin Bache was arrested for libeling the President and Executive, examined before Judge Peters, and bound over for the next circuit court with $2000 bail provided by Thomas Leiper and Israel Israel.

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From Philadelphia, June 29.

Bache, printer of the Jacobin Aurora, has been arrested on a charge of libelling the President & Executive, and this day underwent an examination before Judge Peters, by whom Bache was bound in the sum of 2000 dollars for his appearance at the next circuit court, and his bail, to wit: Thomas Leiper, tobacconist and quarry man, and Israel Israel, stabler & tavern keeper, in 1000 dollars, each—his counsellors were Moses Levy, and A. J. Dallas. and his attending friends Robert Smith, hatter, and Colonel Barker the taylor. What a group; what a concatenation of characters! How like begets like, as the D-l said by the Collector, and how birds of a feather flock together! Now in this great city, I question whether a farrago of such pure, Jacobinical and democratical spirits could be selected and collected, as was exemplified at the Judge's—and are seen held up to public observation as the antifederal printer, the two law ware men, the Scottish Quarrier, alias quarrelsome man the Synagogue stabler, and would be senator, the warlike taylor, and the Don Quixotte hatter. Reader! bless thyself that thou art not like one of these men; but one that believeth that justice and truth will always be an over match for treason and rebellion.

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court Crime Politics

What keywords are associated?

Bache Arrest Libel President Philadelphia Examination Jacobin Printer Federalist Commentary

What entities or persons were involved?

Bache Judge Peters Thomas Leiper Israel Israel Moses Levy A. J. Dallas Robert Smith Colonel Barker

Where did it happen?

Philadelphia

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Philadelphia

Event Date

June 29

Key Persons

Bache Judge Peters Thomas Leiper Israel Israel Moses Levy A. J. Dallas Robert Smith Colonel Barker

Outcome

bache bound in the sum of 2000 dollars for appearance at next circuit court; bail by thomas leiper and israel israel, each in 1000 dollars

Event Details

Bache, printer of the Jacobin Aurora, arrested on charge of libelling the President and Executive, underwent examination before Judge Peters, with counsellors Moses Levy and A. J. Dallas, and friends Robert Smith and Colonel Barker present

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