The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-06
BALTIMORE.
TUESDAY, APRIL 6. 1858.

There are divers sorts of banents known to the
law, and among them is the contract of letting
horses to hire or of receiving horses on livery and
there are divers sorts of bail known to the law,
and though one sort be technically described by
the legal designation of common bail, it Is not
half so common as that which is popularity known
as stra,o bail. The contract of bailment is one
which Mr.. John Hinesley is frequently called upon
to make in the exercise of his calling as a stable
keeper, but the practice of 'giving ball. or of
Grading in bail" is species of business not quite
so clearly authorized by law, and to the exercise
of which ON the part of Mr.. John Hinesley there
are very decided objections. The following is an
extract from the report of Saturdays proceedings
in the Criminal Court published in yesterday
Exchange:
burglary, John Hinesley qualified as bail to the
amount of 81, 500.
In the case of the State Us. Charles F. Brooks,
charged with assaulting and resisting Deputy Mar
shall Manly John Hinesley offered as BAIL
Mr.. Pnkney objected to Hinesley as bail, and re-
marked that it was becoming the custom to trade
in bail, and he would not give his consent to the
practice, but wished it broken up. He stated that
Hinesley had gone bail for Harley by taking mort
gage of his property and supposed that he was tc
receive consideration from Brooks also. Hnesley
was asked how much he now stood bail for, and re-
piled that since the first of January he had gone
bail to the amount of $500. The Court asked
him how much he was worth over the bail he had
already entered, and Hnesley testifying that he
was worth 100000, the Court agreed to take hin
and fixed the bail at $780, After Hinesley had
qualified he remarked that he had as much RICH
to trade in bail as in horses, and seemed quite in
censed that the States officer should urge an OBJ
lection.
We do not pretend to say that Mr.. John Hines
ley does not possess the $4,000, which he swears
he is WORTH but we most decidedly object to any
such investment of his capital as that which
is disclosed in the abore report Mr.. John Hines
ley may trade in horses much as he pleases, but
we think Mr.. rinkney was perfectly right in at
tempting to rut stop to his Grading in bail"
We do not know whether Mr.. John Hnesley is
actuatea solely by motives of benevoence, in thus
rans'ming from captivity, and turning loose upon
society, the rogues and villains whom evil fortune,
rather than any effort on the part of the officers
of the law, has brought into the hands of Justice;
if so, we can only regret that he should not have
found some other channel for the exercise of his
mistaken philanthropy. The probability is
that Mr.. Hnesley adroitly combines a little pro-
ftabe management with the pleasure of doing a
kind action; and that while doing good turn to
his friends, the burglar and the shoulder-hitter he
contrives at the same time ITO turn an honest (?)
penny for himself This is attested by the fact
exposed by Mr. Pinkney that from the burglar Har-
ley, Mr.. Hinesley took mortgage upon his prop
erty, by way of indemnifying himself against the
very remote contingency of an execution being
issued against him in case the bail should be for
feited This precaution shows that Mr. Jno Hinesley
is a prudent as we'll as humane man. and keeps a
sharp look out for his own interest Whether Mr..
lnesley has any rivals in trade, or whether he en-
joys monopoly in business are facts which the re-
port does not disclose We infer that he must find
the traffic pays from the fact that he was sfuuite
incensed' at what he no doubt considered
an unwarrantabe and impertiuent interference
with his rights on the part of the Deputy State
Attorney Honest Mr. Hinesey-we sympathise
with him in his virtuous Indignation but at the
same time cannot help feeling that his Grading
IN BALI altogether quite so unobjectionabe as
trading in horses" and that, as Mr. Pinl1ney very
properly declared the practice ought to be 'broken
up We regret that Judge Stump failed to see
the transaction in its proper light and that this
astute dealer in horse-hesh and bal-bonds should
have been suffered to leave the Court without re-
ceiving a severe rebuke for his conduct, much
more, that he should actually have been taken as
ball. as appears to have been the case