He also denied prosecutors' request to increase bail from the original $250,000.
A Florida judge on Friday rejected a prosecutor's motion to increase bail for George Zimmerman, the man charged in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, after his lawyer disclosed that Mr. Zimmerman had received more than $200,000 from a legal defense Web site he established.
A New Jersey stockbroker was convicted last night of conspiracy to commit murder for agreeing to pay a fellow prisoner to kill the judge who had increased his bail and kept him behind bars in a securities fraud case.
Mr. Winkler was apparently angry that Justice Snyder had increased his bail to $1 million in cash after he took a vacation in the Cayman Islands with his family over the Christmas holidays.
The judge did increase the bail amount to two hundred and forty thousand pounds, and said that Assange had to stay at an estate called Ellingham Hall that belongs to Vaughan Smith, a journalist, where he will have to wear an electronic tag and can't wander around the grounds.
He appeared in court in Hong Kong offering to increase his bail amount so that he could fly to Britain.
Prosecutors outlined some of Knight's criminal past in their request to increase his bail earlier this year.
A Florida judge refused to increase the bail for George Zimmerman, the town watch volunteer charged with murdering unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, after prosecutors revealed he had raised about $200,000 from supporters.
A jurist with a reputation for being tough on criminals, Justice Snyder had increased Mr. Winkler's bail in the securities case to $1 million in cash after he took a trip to the Cayman Islands with his family last year.
During the hearing, he increased the cash bail to $5,000, forcing Ford to spend 10 days in jail -- again wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars, all to punish cursing.
