In September 1578 he was confined for about a month in the Poultry Compter, a small prison run by a Sheriff in the City of London, apparently for failure to attend divine service as established by act of Parliament.
Carter's press printed translations of classics by Thomas a Kempis and Henry Suso, as well as works by Peter Canisius.
"Carter called himself Johannem Bogardi, and claimed his edition of a Peter Canisius book was actually printed in "Duaci" (Douay).
"[4] Among Catholic books he printed a new edition (1000 copies) of Gregory Martin's "A Treatise of Schisme", in 1580, for which he was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London, 1582, and paid for his own meals there down to midsummer, 1583.
[5] Having been tortured on the rack, he was indicted at the Old Bailey — the central criminal court in England – on 10 January 1584, for having printed Martin's book, which encouraged Catholics to avoid going to Protestant services.