Excerpt from Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 14: Series I, Governors' Despatches to and From England; March 1828-May 1829 On the oth of January, E. S. Hall was called upon to receive judgment-from Mr. Justice Dowling for his conviction in the previous September for the criminal libel on the Reverend T. H. Scott. As Scott did not press for a severe penalty, Hall was sentenced to pay a fine of twenty shillings, to enter into a personal recognizance of 500 to be of good behaviour for twelve months, and to be lodged in gaol until the fine was paid and the recognizance completed. In the issue of the M onitor newspaper published after this judgment, Hall announced by advertisement that he was prepared to sell the paper or a half share in the busi ness, stating that it was impossible for him to bear the expenditure involved in legitimate criticism. The advertisement was repeated in several issues without a sale being effected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.