Viewing Samuel Merrill, "Newspaper Libel: A Handbook for the Press" (1888).Samuel Merrill, "Newspaper Libel: A Handbook for the Press" (1888).Samuel Merrill, who was on the staff of the Boston Daily Globe and a member of the bars of Massachusetts and New York, published a reference book for newspapers in 1888. His audience was the newspaper publisher who wanted more information about the law of libel and slander. It was not a treatise for practicing lawyers. |