John Adams

From an entry in his autobiography, we can see that John Adams had feelings on the matter of waiting to judge.

“We have received sundry Letters from Lt. Simpson, and sundry Certificates from Officers and others, concerning his Behaviour in General, and particularly upon that Occasion, in which he is charged with disobedience of Orders…. Without giving or forming any decided Opinion concerning his guilt or innocence of the Crime laid to his charge, We may venture to say that the Certificates We have received are very favourable to his Character, and at least afford reason to hope, that he did not mean to disobey his orders.”