The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

Frederick Chester, alias Phillips, • returned transport,
but IM. the manager of The Trades Protection Society, 3,
Great St. Helens, Bishopegatewtrest, and who has heal in
custody for • week. on a charged obtaining various sums of
money by fraud and false preirsom, was again placed at the
bar betas Yr. Elliott for Sad examination.

Mr. Henry Barton, a groom, No. 8, Mark's-road, Ken-
sington, mid that on the 7th of January last the prisoner
called cm him, and representing himself as agent to the
"Tradesman's Protection Society," in Great St. Helen's,
pere him a prospectus d the society, and solicited him to
become • member. He midi( he did so the society would
collect his debts at 5 per met. Witness gave him half •
guinea, for which he filled up and gave him the annual sub-
' scribers' ticket produced, and be also gave him the parti-
culars of two debts due to him by • Mrs. Bellamy and a
parson named Taberner. Some time afterwards the
soner again called on him and said he could not pt any
motley from Mrs. Bellamy, and eoesequeetly took out a
writ for her, which cost Ms 7s. ficl. and this sum'
wittier paid him. The prisons also said he took out •
=MOM agalost Taberner, bat had notreesived any mosey,
so that he had not paid him (witaess) • shilling am amount
of either debt. The name given and signed by the priso-
ner cur " Robert Thomas Simpson."
In reply to the question of the magistrate, the wittier
mid he should not have paid the prisoner the half guises,
ncr given him the debts to collect, if he had not believed him
to be the agent of a respectable society, and • respectable
parson, and should certainly not have had anything to do
with him if be bad bad the slighteetides that he wee a re-
turned transport.
Mrs. Ann Bellamy said she owed the last witness 21.4 a.
344., and this the prisoner said be should receive from her
at the rale of 10e. a week. She paid him three instalments
of 55., 10a., and 155., and be gave her • receipt for the
balance es her paying him ss. more, saying at the time
he should pay the balance himself to Mr. Barton. The
primmer gave the name ol Simpsoa.

Mr. Thetas Dixon saldLl live at No. 2as:or:Es-
teems Walwarth, aid am tow to the 'tan
and Provincial Tildes Pretedies deindeilea, the of
which are at fi, Great PA I know the
rinser. I adehlished th?2:4lllthiCe.mbar hat, end
appointed his mammies levet* eel al secretary, mid Sher
paying expense we were to divide peals
Mr. Miele—Was then any egreement 1n writing, It go,
produce it ?
Dixon—There was no agreement. la Hareealse ied I
was dissatisfied with and discharged hi" sad tress:4
time he bad no authority to collect ankesiptiene in
mime of the society, which woe thus mined the "
Protection Society," ow bad he say is sailed say able la
the name at the society enbesquestly to Noventlier. 7be
card prodsoed is not sae of the ~s. Garde of =
ship. It is headed. "The frideme Peaked=
The primmer brought some of these es& to gra elks and
said be had them left has elm '40514 =di
we might se well ise them, and a dew
used without Altana= of Ulm for am evidedisen
up to the time of tie primmer leaving see. Um Man
I lave bad ism mods printed. The pelmet la arm
brought to me the name of Mr. Barton as a eribeartherode
peid any mew on his amount. The card pamikased le
dried pro Memos Dixon, secretary, is tie sesereo•
besdwriting. He bad no sathority from see Pep'%
WIN to that sad. He hes not aeconated to lee Ilir
mooey resolved . Bellamy.
Mx. Ellida—The from
socieMrsty, I Nita you have elatatomr
dated of the Mood end yawed( :Um pelesere en imams
mid yourself as secretary
Diem—Yea, sir dr ; but slue I Mockery.' biro I have
teems the manager myself.
Mr. Elliott—Then in pant of tea dose Nevarabd yet
in your own person constituted the whole eadely 1
Dixon—Tes, but I have a eecretery.
Ihigient .UI, P, pobred • wassil4 At
pampa:tunes, and 39 aids bead en the pissed robin
apprehended apprehended him and said that be mold estalikh at had
fifty rem of, having romied eabialptimie tau
the 'Need society against him. He also addle bed Mme`
Weed that in 1849 the *sears beklisen Ivied,
Ne
sad aseitseed to tes past tempaileMes es it ekavraeldss
fairy, and Webb, tie City sissy_who hid idea ls Lem.
was preermt, sad even roes thz..l eat.
He (HA bad farther amerlebedi that be bid an
the whole of his time at the mold palm, Mersalsidey ta
that he could not have lass lame memellma Id maths.. ,
Mr. Elliott—Have you made say bessidee Ghost DIM !
Bell—l have, your worship, and have bard that be I a
respectable mem.
Mr. Elliott—lt is mod et raordissary Oak the piddle
should be deladed by thaw societim—peolestion societies
as they are called. In this awe what de I dad ? Why two
seta of flaming prospeduese and two sets of cards of the
same society, the one describing itself as "The Metropolitan
and Provinehd Trades Protectioa Association ;'the other,
" The Trade. Protection Moss," and both in the same
offices. This society purports to have been established in
1851, though Mr. Discs ea lids edit admits that he loins
self established it is Seproosbir Ist awl in 1851 16 sada
not have been established by the ref seas, for at that lime
he was expiating his dimes Is Bermuda. The @Mitzi
according to the preemie% purports to be established for
" protease elf - Neer 9aformation as toswindlins
and " Mikes ;" yet what do we lied ?
Why the misty to andel at two person, arch
Waiving Ms mEI of being Its promoter, the one the
sinew sad Ma ether the ereretary, and one of them a
mimed tenaupeet. Preen what I sin see, I must say that
M mum to met* be merely a swindling society.
The primmer, is verb to the charge, said he took Mr.
Barton's stdscriptiel blame he °Doddered be was still
connected with the edam, as the Joist exposes sere borne
alike between him end Dixon, and ufor the account
Mrs. Bellamy, it had never been finally settled, elm hosliould
bare settled with Mr. Barton.
He was fully committed to take his trial on this chugs
Soother charge of nearly a similar description was esta-
blished, sod the prisoner was committed upon that also.
Before leaving the court, Mr. Dixon requested permission
to address his worship, and said that the inquiries he had
nude about the prisms's character were perfectly lads-
factory, sod declared he had not the slightest idea he wee •
returned terseport.