The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-15 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Henry KnowNen, .:4;:01nliroN, and Thomas Orford. the
secretary and =Dagen of the Perseverance Life Aisurance
and Sick Fuod Beata Society, of No. 6, Mouutatrest,
Westniiiiater-road, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bar-
chatn for final exandeation, charged with conspiring to de-
fraud a number of poor hardworking people out of various
sums of money under pretence of assuring their lives and
those of their relative-,

Additional evidence having been adduced.
Mr. Chipperfield (for the prisoners) said he was not de.
sirous of caning witnesses. as his worship had made up his
mind to commit his clients for trial, but be wished it to go
forth that they had funds in band to meet all just claims,
and that some hundreds had been paid where the demands
had been honest and just.
Kr. Burnham did not wish to bear any more as Mr. Chip.
penti-Ad did not intend to call witnesses. He therefore fully
committed all the defesdants for trial.

Substantial bail was renewed for their appearance; ►nd
the voluminous depositions having been read by NIL Nokes,
the second clerk, the court was cleated.

THAMES.

Ge,wrie Betrroma, aged &9, was charged with feloniously
embezzling 3251., the moneys of the churchwarden and
overseers of the parish of Bromley St. Leonard, Middlesex.
The prisoner had been rate collector io Bromley for
wean, and since the pusiog of Mr Benjamin Hall s Local
Management Act in 1ik5.5 has been collector of the poor,
general, lighting, and sewer rates. He was much respected in
the parch, in which he has carried on business for nearly 40
years, and brought op a large family. The ratepayers will not
he losers by the prisoner's defalcations, for the whole of the
lose his been made good by the European Amunmm
Society, with whom the prisoner had effected a policy of
assurance, and who guaranteed the parish against all lose
which might be occasioned by any irregularities or disho-
nesty of the prisoner. On the other hand, the European
Assurance Societylentered into a condition with the pare-
child authorities that in the event of any defalcation on the
part of the collector he should be prosecuted at the expense
of the pariah. The prisoner returned an unusual number
of persons to Mr. Dunstan, the vestry clerk of
Bromley, on the 18th of June hut, as not having
paid their rates, and Mr. Houten preseeded to make out
summonses against them. Before they were issued he re-
quested the prisoner to maks out another returu of those
persons who bad paid their rates in the interim. On his
doing so, it appeared that nearly one-half returned on the
18th of June as being defaulters were returned on the 20th
of June u having paid their rates. mr. Dunstan then sent
for Mr. Burrows, and questioned him. He admitted he was
behind in his accounts. and directly afterwards absconded.
A reward of 10f. was offered for his apprehension. On his
apprehension the Amount Society refused to compromise
the matter, and the case wan accordingly prosecuted.
Mr. Dunnten said that the oollecton ought to pay the
rates s fast as they were collected to Messrs. earns and
Co., bankers, of CurohilL No collector was ever allowed
to retain more than 10/. in his possession.
Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, but ban
was accepted.
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