Career
He was a nephew of George Michael Moser, enamel painter and drawing-master to George III. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1774 to 1782. He was made magistrate for Westminster in 1794 and published political pamphlets, dramas, and fiction. Moser was of Swiss descent, the son of Hans Jacob Moser, an artist.
He was born in Greek Street, Soho, Westminster.
From then on he devoted himself to literature. He was made a magistrate in 1794.
In 1808 he was presiding magistrate in the case of James Hardy Vaux following the latter"s arrest for the theft of a silver snuff box, and a vivid account of the courtroom examination is preserved in Vaux"s memoirs. Moser died in Romney Street, Westminster.
