The local magistrate arrested the autem cackler for preaching in the street.
autem cackler
idiomA Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).
During the seventeenth century, the authorities often viewed an autem cackler with deep suspicion because they refused to attend the official state church.
Historical records indicate that the itinerant preacher, known to the local constabulary as a defiant autem cackler, drew large crowds despite the strict laws against nonconformist assemblies.