Report of the trial an action on the case, brought by Silvanus Miller, Esq., late surrogate of the city and county of New-York, against Mordecai M. Noah, Esq., editor of the national advocate, for an alleged libel [electronic resource] : tried at the City-Hall, in the city of New-York, before the Circuit Court held in the First Judicial District in the state of New-York, by His Honour, Samuel R. Betts, Esq., on Friday, the 12th day of December, 1823 / by L.H. Clarke.