Porter stated that the speech was notoriously offensive to the minds of those to whom they were addressed and were calculated to bring about a breach of the peace.
This prolonged road use required the fitting of an extra suitcase-sized muffler to the near-unsilenced exhaust pipes to avoid arrest for breach of the peace.
They carried it to convocation, who referred the cause to delegates, a majority of whom, upon a full hearing, acquitted him of all breach of the peace.