 Deacon Baker, on behalf of the remaining members of the First Church, brought a suit of replevin against Deacon Fales and the breakaway church.During the April term of 1820, they asked a court to order that the records, funds, silver, and other items be returned.At the trial, the members of First Church were represented by Judge John Davis and Jabez Chickering while the breakaway church members were represented by Messrs. Metcalf, Haven, and Prescott.. Judge Samuel Wilde, who presided over the trial, instructed the jury that as a matter of law that the plaintiffs, the remaining members of the First Church, were in the right.