▁in ▁ 1 7 3 7 , ▁first ▁as ▁a ▁partner ▁with ▁N utt , ▁also ▁printing ▁the ▁Daily ▁Post . ▁Mer es ▁was ▁ja iled ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁weeks ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 0 , ▁for ▁printing ▁remarks ▁about ▁a ▁parliament ▁act ▁regarding ▁trade . ▁Richard ▁N utt ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁lib el ▁after ▁publishing ▁a ▁letter ▁about ▁the ▁government ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁the ▁pill ory ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁being ▁f ined . ▁Mer es ▁was ▁also ▁once ▁f ined , ▁for ▁mention ing ▁a ▁no blem an ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper . ▁After ▁Mer es ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 1 , ▁his ▁son ▁( also ▁John ) ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁business . ▁The ▁younger ▁Mer es ▁was ▁called ▁before ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 4 ▁to ▁explain ▁a ▁" v ague ▁and ▁slightly ▁anti - Sc ott ish ▁remark " ▁regarding ▁Lord ▁H ert ford . ▁ ▁After ▁Richard ▁N utt ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 0 , ▁the ▁paper ▁also ▁reported ly ▁fol ded , ▁though ▁arch ives ▁exist ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁dated ▁later ▁than ▁ 1 7 8 0 . ▁John ▁Miller ▁( c . ▁ 1 7 4 4 - 1 8 0 7 ), ▁who ▁was ▁printer ▁of ▁the ▁Post ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 7 0 s , ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁lib el ▁five ▁times ▁and ▁at ▁times ▁ja iled ▁for ▁it ;