Press Law Proceedings against the Neue Rheinische Zeitung Adjourned

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 20 December 1848


First published in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung No. 174, December 21, 1848
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 8
Collection(s): Neue Rheinische Zeitung

Cologne, December 20. The proceedings instituted against the Neue Rheinische Zeitung came before the assizes today. Dr. Marx, the rédacteur en chef, Herr Korff, the responsible publisher of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, and Herr Engels were the defendants. The latter was absent. The charge was that of insulting Chief Public Prosecutor Zweiffel and libelling the police. The proceedings were adjourned on grounds of nullity.[1]

  1. ↑ Marx's and Engels defence counsel, lawyer Schneider If, demanded that the proceedings be adjourned in view of the fact that the accused had not been informed of the trial in due time (ten days prior). The trial took place on February 7, 1849.