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.
Subtitle: To which are added, the proceedings in the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance
By: carefully compiled from notes correctly taken by several gentlemen who were present during the whole course of the trial.
Contributors: Fenner, Arthur, 1745-1805.; Rhode Island. Court of Common Pleas (Providence County); Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Bennett Wheeler
Published: 1802
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Dorrance, John, 1747-1813 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Fenner, Arthur, 1745-1805 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Slander) -- Rhode Island -- Providence.
Other titles: Proceedings in the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance.
Notes: Shaw & Shoemaker 2156.
"Case commenced ... by John Dorrance, esq., against Arthur Fenner ... charging the defendant with having, falsely and maliciously, slandered and defamed the good name, fame and reputation of the plaintiff" and "case commenced by His Excellency Arthur Fenner, esq., charging the defendant with having published a false and scandalous libel against the plaintiff."--p. 2 and [110].