A short-lived journal, under the proprietorship of Henry Evers, Paddy Kelly's Budget was described as 'a scandalous and defamatory publication ... replete with the lowest and most disgusting buffoonery' (Morning Chronicle, 28 February 1844: 3). The journal survived for only eleven issues; it ceased in March 1844 when its 'type and materials were seized by police, on the ostensible grounds of non-registration' (Launceston Examiner, 13 March 1844: 6).
The Freeman's Journal republishes a letter to the editor originally printed in 1856. The letter concerns the closure of Paddy Kelly's Budget when the type and materials belonging to the proprietor, Henry Evers, were seized by police.
The relevance of that event in 1868 is that the 1856 police action was instigated by James Martin (acting on behalf of an aggrieved client); the same James Martin was taking action against the Freeman's at the time of republication.
The Freeman's Journal republishes a letter to the editor originally printed in 1856. The letter concerns the closure of Paddy Kelly's Budget when the type and materials belonging to the proprietor, Henry Evers, were seized by police.
The relevance of that event in 1868 is that the 1856 police action was instigated by James Martin (acting on behalf of an aggrieved client); the same James Martin was taking action against the Freeman's at the time of republication.
