Evening star., 1937-07-17
0'D0N0GHUE RULES
BAIL Be FORFEITED
IN TAYL0R'S CASE
Bondsman Loses $1,000
as Murder Case Suspect
Fails to Appear.
OPPORTUNITY GRANTED
TO RECOVER CASH
Court Enabled to Entertain Mo.
ton to Set Aside Order
if Accused Returns.

Justice Daniel w. ODonoghue Of
District Court today ordered forfeited
the $4,000 bail In the case Of Albert
Taylor. colored, accused OF second
degree murder and two liquor law vio-
iations Taylor has been a fugitive
for more than a year.
Action by the jurist Thursday, set
ting aside a 30-day continuance he
had granted, drew a strong statement
yesterday from United States Attorney
Leslie C. Garnett which laid full re-.
sponsibility for the continuance to the
Judge and denied the District attor-
ney's Office was negligent in falling
to reveal the facts of the case.
In setting aside the continuance of
Thursday, when he ordered the bonds
man, Louis Weinstein, to produce
Taylor In court today, Justice O'Don-
oghue said he had not been informed
that the charge involved was murder,
that there had been several prior con-
tinuances and that the defendant had
been \ fugitive for more than 4 year.
Statement BY Garnet.
Garnett stated that Justice O'Don-
oghue granted = continuance in his
chambers without seeking information
OF the District attorneys once.
At Weinstein's request. Justice
ODonoghue agreed to keep the court
term open for month 80 that II
Weinstein produced Taylor In that
tiv,eA "a a,rfn noArl@ 1tAr rtniy
tion to set aside the forfeit. Justice
O'Donoghue said such a motion
would have to come up before another
Judge because this Is his last day in
criminal court. He added he had
granted similar motions in other cases
In the past
Irving Goldstein. attorney for Wein-
stein. sought this morning to have
Justice O'Donoghue permit the bonds
man to pay the $4,000 worth of bonds
into the registry Of the court rather
than to declare \ forfeiture, but the
Judge refused.
Procedure Seen Equitable.
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb said he felt the suggested
procedure would be equitable.
We can't try $4,000" Robb said
I'VE would like to have the man
produced.
1nquiring whether there was any
precedent here for such procedure,
Justice O'Donoghue was informed by
both Robb and Goldstein that there
was not.
This case already has been con-
tinued quite a number of times"
Justice ODonoghue said. The court
will not establish . precedent Of de-
posting money in the registry Of the
court. The law is that when the
bondsman does not produce the de-
fendant. the bond must be forfeited.
Ample notice has been given the
hondsman In this case. I. therefore.
declare the bond forfeited in the
murder case"
The murder bond was only 81 900.
The jurist then inquired whether the
two liquor cases pending against .Tay-
lor ever had been set for trial
R0bb Produces Records.
Robb produced records showing Tay-
ior had pleaded not guilty to one of
the charges September rs, 1885. and
to the other July 10, 1895. He ex-
hibited letter written by Garnett to
the bondsman notifying him that the
two liquor cases had been set for trial
April rs last and that II Taylor was
not produced, steps would be taken to
forfeit the bond.
DO you make a motion that these
liquor case bonds also be forfeited?"
Justice O'Donoghue inquired Of Robb.
L do," Robb replied, and the judge
ordered the forfeiture.
Lqnor Case Bonds.
The bond in each of the liquor cases
Was $500, raising the total forfeiture
to $4,000.
Taylor was indicted in September.
1895. on . second-degree murder
charge growing out Of the death July
S. 1885, of Anne E. Briscoe, colored,
400 block Of K street, who WAS killed
BY . truck carrying liquor OF which
Taylor is alleged to have leaped while
II WAS IN motion. The truck was being
pursued by Internal Revenue Agent
James ". Rogers.