Records of the Town of Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. What was the real nature of his offence we do not know. It is very evident, however, that there was nothing of a criminal nature connected with it. His offence was sim ply what would now be called a very aggravated case Of contempt of Court. His whole career shows him to have been a man of most determined will, and of the greatest pertinacity of purpose; and it is quite possible that he may have disobeyed some order which he considered um reasonable, and may have used language towards the Court that was more emphatic than complimentary.