REPORT OF THE CASE JOHN DORRANCE AGAINST ARTHUR FENNER, TRIED AT THE DECEMBER TERM, OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, IN THE COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE, A.D. 1801. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE ARTHUR FENNER VS. JOHN DORRANCE. CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM NOTES CORRECTLY TAKEN BY SEVERAL GENTLEMEN WHO WERE PRESENT DURING THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE TRIAL.
Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1802. iv, 116 pp. Disbound. Scattered, generally light foxing. Good+. "In these bizarre cases a justice of the Court of Common Pleas and the Governor sued each other for libel... The confusion in these two proceedings is apparent, but unfortunately is not clarified in these..... More