11. Sandwich had a personal seditious libel , and was declared an outlaw on 19 January 1764. 12. The law dealing with seditious libel was particularly strict. 13. The charge was seditious libel ; Roche argued that he had not seen the offending material. 14. Zenger was charged with seditious libel ; his wife continued publishing the newspaper while he was imprisoned. 15. After Bainbridge was successfully convicted several times for seditious libel , Chambers eventually had the paper outlawed. 16. Sedition and seditious libel were abolished by section 73 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. 17. Sir Francis Burdett, a reformist MP, was jailed for three months for publishing a seditious libel . 18. Seditious libel was one of the " equitable crimes " which were prosecuted in the Star Chamber.19. If Howe had been convicted of seditious libel , the " Novascotian " would have been shut down. 20. In 1925 MacManus was one of twelve CPGB officials imprisoned for seditious libel and incitement to mutiny.
