After Johnson was convicted on 17 July 1798, and before he was sentenced on 12 February 1799, he tried to prove that he had "uniformly recommended the circulation of such publications as had a tendency to promote good morals instead of such as were calculated to mislead and inflame the Common people".
之后约翰逊被定罪月17日1798年，之前他被判处在12月1799，他试图证明他"一致建议的循环，如出版物中有一种倾向，以促进良好的道德，而不是诸如计算误导和煽动共同的人"。