Middlesex Adjourned Sessi...
The Times, 1824-10-01T00:00:00

WiUVliam C2I/rd, who had been convicted h3st sessions of an as- sault on MIr. Fox, was nuw called up for judgment. It will be re- collected that the prisoner hadl an objection to being tried by any other than the King himself. fie Is reputed to be in no very sound mnind.I Tt e CHAIRMAN._.W'el, li5r. Clifford, have you considlered bet- ter of it since you were here last tine ? Prisoner..-31y Lord, I don't understand you. CrA1RNIAw._YOU said, wthen you were last here, you would be tried by God and your country. Prisoner.-No, my Lord; I said by God and my King. CHAItnmAir.-By God anid your country. Prisoner.-By God and my King. (I,oud laughter.) I have th e papers here to preve what I said-By God and my King. CuAIR seAv.-Oh, well, it matters not; you have been found guilty. How lias he behaved in prison ? Gaoler._Very well, indeed, your Worship. lie has given no trouble. C''kRAmAN.-YWell, as the prosecutor has not been much in jured, I will discharge yon, on entering into your own recognizances in 201. to keep the peace towards *lMr. Fox. Prisoner.-By that means I shall he under the lash of the man who has persecuted me for 20 years, robbed me, and reduced me to beggary. I object to that modeof proceeding., and that was the rea- son I objected to being tried before vou awid the jury. I cannot enter into any business without being liable to the ainoyance of the prosecutor. CHAsa rMAN.-WVel, then, if you don't choose to accept the mercy of the Court,you must return to prison. After some ether business had been gone throughi, the prisoner asked to be discharged without any recognizances, as it would be ac- knowledging his own guilt to enter into any. The CHAIRMAN could not assent to this request. tle would ac- cept the hail of any friendi, if that would case his conseience, but he could not liberate without. The prisoner was then sent back to prison. 1Ve understand he has served ir the Pentinsula under the Duke of Wellington, in most o his c&mpaignP. After several eases of no public interest were disposed of, Air. CHARLES PIIXLLIPS rose to make a motion to the Court, under, he gaid, circu stances of rather an uncommon description. A Mr. Hearv Jacobs,agentlenian of respectability, residin Good. man's-fields,hadrtheother day, receivedl a letter from the properofice .infxOming him that he had forfeited.nis recoKnizances in the case of a person named John Phillips, who was indicted for an assault, and for whom Dr. ,Tacebehwas said to belbail. Mr.Jacobs was astonished at this intelligence, having no acquaintance whatever with the trans- action, and hnd accordingly mode affidavit that he never lhad entered into recognizances fir producing Mlr. Phillips. that he knew no such person, and that, upon inquiry, lie found that one of thte per. sons who had actually bailedt John PIhillips admitted that he (M r. .Jacobs) was not the other semurity. He also ascertained that ltlis seCCity had been obtained at the request of an attorney, who w&s tow in the hall of the Court, and who ridicuiled any upplication made toe him on the sutbject, at the tame time acknowledging that he knew very well who the person was who had piersonated Air. Jacobs. Air. PHiLT.Ips submitted to the C'ourt that this was a case on vrhichi their immediatw interference was necessary. It was ene of the grossest impudence upon. the liart of the attorney and of the greatest hards.hp on thatof his client. Air. Jacobs, vwio never hal Eeen theman in favoutr of whonm his name had beeti forged, was tub. jected te thie forfeitureof his goods and chattels, in consequence of the conduct of a person who knew perfectly well that the process must be atten(led with the greatest inconvenience to the unconscious man whio had rereived intimnation that he was bound is. certain sureties. Air. CoN-T srtipposed that Mfr. .Jacobs would have no olbjrition to prosecute the attorney, and the person wvho had personated hiis (Air. Jacobs.) AIr. P&r.L 7Ps said it was his clienlt's intention to do so as soon as he could ascertain where to find the shamn bail. The CHAIrMAN said, all the Court could do utider the present circumstances was, to respite Alr. Jacobs's recognizances until next session, asnd in the interim Mr. Jacobs migh t indict for at conspiracy. Mir. Prer.T. Ti Ps said, the practice pursued in procuringbail in many cases could not be too strongly reprobated, but he believed it was veryseldom thatso flagrant a case as lie hadjust mentioned occarred, In which not only the cnds of justice were subject to defeat, butt an indivi(dual who was a total stranger to all parties wac ma'de liable to great expense and inconvetnience. It was but a little while ago that the attorney who had been the nmeans of gathering together this shamn-bail, ltughied upon being remonstrated with upon the subject. Adr. CoNsrT.-Oh! I dare say that gentleaan and the bail settled it between them. WVe can do Ho more than I liave mentioned, how- ever; and I think You ought to indict the parties for the conspiracy. The recognizancer were tlten respited till next *session. Soon after. wards the defendant and the attorney entered the Court. It appeared that the bill against the defendant had not been found, and that he had given lOs. f'orthe acconimodation of the bail. The CHAIRStIAN aske.d the attorney whether he knew the bail who had taken upon himself the name of Mr. Jacoby.-The At- torney said he had merely seen him before. The defendant declared mo.t solemnly, that the attornev had assured hin that le knew the bail well, and that his namne was Hfenry Jacobs. Ar. COSST asked what advantage the attorney derived from procuring the bail ?-,He replied thiat h- received none, and expected none. D1r.PHLu,xPs._" Oh, then you acted withoutany hope of profit?" Attorney." Elxactly so." This professional gentlemanthen said, that he should vtry willingly paint out the bail if be could be foend. Mlr. Cosrs advised him to be active upon the occasion, or he might be surprised at something. MIDDLESEX ADJOURI?ArD SESSIONVS, Scpt. 30.