The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

CINTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Mize Mr. Jastfos Coleridge and Mr. Baron Watson.)
Mari Nit Ada racist, 20, wee charged with felony
fader a statute passed in the reign of his late Idejesty Wil-
liam the Fourth, In having unlawfully entered Into a new
names of bail In the semi of another party without the
autheeltof that party.
Kr. Sleigh conducted the presscution on behalf of the Cor-
o the City of London. The prisoner was defended
q r. -blotaalfe.
It appeared that two persona named Honpmann and
Gould were under examination before big. Haomill, the
magistrate at Worship street, upon a charge of uttering
forged orders for the delivery of goods, and they were
eventually committed to take their trial at this wart upon
that charge, but the magistrate consented to take bail
far their appearance. Tho final committal took plum on the
18th of July, and on that day the prisoner attended at the
police court, and represented himself to be Thomas Fowles,
of Poetised-terrace, Victerirptak-road, sad be entered into
• recognisance in the sum of 401. for the appearance of Hellio-
ns.= at the August session of this court. When the ten-
don came on, Gould surrendered, and wee tried and aNttitted,
but Boum= did not make his appearance, and he has
hitherto evaded justice, and the court ordered hie recogni-
ses= to be entreated. The usual proceedings wee taken to
recover the amount from his sureties, and It then turned out
that the prisoner had entered into the recognisance at
the polies, court In the name of his father, and that
the latter knew nothing whatever of the transaction.
The prisoner wee but sight of for tome time, and he was only
discovered a short time back in Holloway Prison, where he
wee under sentence of imprisonment for felony ; and when he
was told that he was c...crged with having pereonated his
father at the Worship-street l'olas-court, he said it was •
bed job.
Mr. Metcalfe urged on behalf of the priaoner that he was
not aware of the serious nature of the act he had committed,
and that the probability was that being accidentally at the
police court he had thoughtlessly offered himself as bail, and
that he did so ea a joke, and without any Idea of the serious
consequenoes that were likely to ensue.
Mr. Judos Coleridge, in summing up, called the attention
of the jury to the terms of the Astute under which the in-
dictment we. framed, and observed that with regard to the
defence that had been set op on the part of the prisoner, that
the proceeding was merely • juke en his pert, he meat ay
that it was a very dangerous joke indeed. The object of
obtaining • reeoguisaare war to ensure the attendance of
the person who was under charge to take his trial ; and if
a man of strew were substituted for one who was in • ro-
tp.intible petition, the reergnitenee became velaeleet ; the
Queen, In whom name the recognisanse was taken, had no
remedy, sad It was • complete fraud upon public judos
The jury, after • short deliberation, found the prisoner
Geaity, bat at the same time strongly recommended him to
the merciful comaideration of the court, on account of his
youth.
Mr. Sleigh said he thought It Ms duty to inform their
lordship' that very shortly after the occurrence at the police
court, the prisoner wan tried for an offence of exactly the
same deerription as that of which the person whose release
he had obtained was accused, end sentenced to three months'

lingebionment.
The Pry, upon hearing this etatentent, expressed their
desire to retract their recommendation to mercy.
31r. Justice Coleridge, in palling oentenoo open
mar, mid that although his learned oonneel had
eedea-
eouwl to alviw that his offence was of a tailing chsrattr,
the more they heard of him tended to induce them to corns to
a very different opinion, particularly when they mentioned
that be had entered into a false room:mance to retina a pri-
soner who sue charged with uttering forged orders for the
delivery of goods on the Iffth of July, and on the 4th of
August he was hinted( tried for uttering a forged order for
the delivery of eilk, and was coavicted of that offence. There
could be no doubt that he had entered into • bid course, and
had got Into vicious company, and under all the circum-
stances he felt it his duly to order him to be kept to hard
Waseff fur 15 months.