Furthermore, with Youngman's absconding the guilt of Hall appeared assured as the act of fleeing by Youngman could only be construed as an admission of guilt in the minds of the prosecutors and Hall and Youngman were linked together to the crime. Accordingly, Hall's trial commenced on the 19th May 1862, and Ben Hall was brought into the court from the attached gaol and stood in the dock reportedly indifferent to the proceedings as Bill Bacon again testified about Hall's involvement in the robbery. Consequently, Bacon once more identified Hall as the man in company with Gardiner. However, another of Bacon's employee's a driver Mr Ferguson was then called, but he inexplicably altered his testimony. Ferguson as well had also originally positively
