A notable libel case
the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, jr. by Daniel Webster in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, November term, 1828
by Josiah H. Benton · 1904
"The indictment alleged that Lyman had charged Webster with having conspired with other leading Federalists in 1807-1808 to break up the Union and reannex New England to England"--Page 1.
Politics and governmentTrials, litigationTrials (Libel)