The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-21 00:00:00

elleded to of the 10th el June; bat 1 think there were more
than two. Thera are sin la the beck produced, sad I took
them all with use whoa I west to the pits owes °See. On
June 10 I did not owe primmer one shilling. Be brought ae
action against me foe Gad was defeated, become 1
proved that I owed hi. itsg sines the 7th of June. The
two cheque for 491. sad 261. have slam been paid, but Sot
all in July. The primmer pee me his cheque, which was
&Rawer& paid by the Deposit Dempsey. He also gave me
his I 0 11 for 1111.• whit& we mere& No cheque that has
not posed Omagh M. Pupil's bask ever came into
say bend'. I befieve the pelsesthe did not deduct 261. for
esessahrioa en the six rwasearasess of the 10th of Jane; bat
ma the 17th, 161. 11e. 4d. was paid for tionunissioa on four
premiums that were paid an that day.
George Collies said : I am a clerk in Messrs. Pogett's
bask. The *hope for 491.16 e. 6d. has sever posed through
our bank. Teo ebeqse is dated Bth June, 1864, sad ie
crossed with the name of Paptt and Co.
Edward Field Kingsford—l am a clerk in the Deposit
Company. I am sot serials, bat I believe the name
erased on the 491. cheque, dated Jane 8, is the prisoner's
handwriting.
Henry Samuel Hall—l am • clerk in the Commercial
Bank of London. The 491. cheque was paid over the come-
ter on the 10th of Jane. It was paid I. eight 61. notes sad
91, 16e. 6d. cash; bat I cannot say to whom. The name of
Pegett and Co. was not crossed on it at that time. The
261. cheque was paid to Glyn and Co.
Mr. Stephen Crseknell, whose evidence in chief was taken
in the last examination, was then mose-szarnieed and said :
lam one of the directors in the Deposit sad General Life
Assurance Compeay. I was aware these two cheques were
not paid to the Homo Counties Company at the time they
ought to have been, when the prisoner was dismissed, and
1 told him it was a most irregular trtheaction, end milled on
him for an explanation with regard to the receipts, which
should have been in the voucher book. At first he said
he had paid the messy, and that he had got the receipts,
but on my requiring him to produce them, he seat for them,
but they were not forthcoming, and he then said he had given
them back. I asked him why he had does so, and he replied
that Mills owed Norris and him money, end he bad retained
the cheques for it. I told him I shoald require him to
produce the receipts nest day, when he sail he should have
them. After this there was a debtor and creditor eatesat
between the prisoner and the company. When prise/amid%
the company's service, be left behind him the furniture as
security for deficiencies. He had no claim against the
company, baths made a claim for matey, which he alleged
be had paid on the company's behalf. Mr. Mohler was
consulted about the prosecutith within a month after the pri-
soner left. The prisoner was not authorised to pay cheques
he received on our amount into his own bank, while the
accountant was going through the accounts. Them is a
Weds in the minute-book of September 14, 1868,
by which it appeared the prisoner had done so with-
out our knowledge, and it was confirmed by a reso-
lution of the board after receiving prisoner's remotes
for doing so. I have received my fees as director from the pri-
soner by cheque on his prints banker. That was done in
this way. At his suggestion a cheque for the gross amount
of the directors' fees was given to him, which he paid into
his beak, and thee for convenience sake gave a separate
cheque to each of the directors for their fees. When the
prisoner left we gave him a sum of 301., because he said he
had no means. It was entirely • matter of charity. Whet'
the Home Counties Company applied to us I had no notion
that the premiums had not been paid, and that the risk had
net been covered.
Henry William Dale said—l am a stationer at Bradford,
and was an agent to the Deposit and General Company.
Oa the 26th and 28th of January I received two letters, in
Width the prisoner requested me to forward all the money
I bed la hand for the company. I accordingly remitted
Nn a banker's draft for 331.8 e., dated 30th January, 1854,
sad made payable on Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.,
but he ckaowledged the receipt of that draft,
lid it w endorsed by him before it was paid.
tianas
obinson here applied for a remand.
Mr. Parry said, as it was very late is the day, he would
not object to an adjournment. Bat as he was prepared
with a satisfactory explanation for every circumstance con-
wined with the charge, and as Mr. Bevan had experienced
great difficulty in getting bail for 6001., and had also goae
to great expense in meeting the charge, no fear could be
entertained of his not surrendering, and he therefore
hoped the worthy alderman would accept bail to the
mooed of 3601., so as not to lock Mr. Bevan up again until
the next hearing.
Mr. Robinson said he had no wish to lock Mr. Bevan
up, but as the company were dithovering fresh defalcations,
he was anxious to have good security for his appearance
hereafter.
Alderman Humphery ultimately consented to accept one
surety in 2601, the prisoner's own recognisance in 6001., and
one surety In 1001., with 24 hours' notice.
The prisoner was again committed to Monate in default.

A woman named Ladd spilled to Mr. Corrie for advice.
The applicant stated that her husband and herself haring
saved a little mosey wished to have a house of their own to
effect that, about a year and a halt ago, her husband entered
"The Reformers'Permanent Freehold Land, Building, and
Investment Society." Bach shire was 301., with an en-
trance fee of le. per share and a payment of 4s. monthly.
They had paid in in all shout 701.—&11 the earning' scraped ,
together by herself for 25 years, for her husband was only a
labouring man: he had been out of work for the last 20
weeks, and they had been compelled to apply to the parish
to support them. Applicant thought that very hard, con-
sidering that she had paid a large amount of money with a
chance of losing it all.
Mr. Corns—How is it that you have paid money since
your husband has been out of work ?
Complainant—Why, to save my chance in the society I
scraped together 11., which I paid in on the 6th of February.
I afterwards wen; as I was much in distress, to see ii 1
could raise from them any relief on my shares, when I was
told that I could not be assisted, because they had no funds
is hand. I afterwards received notice, by letter, from a
person named "Joseph Golding," who signed himself as
secretary, that as the original stook of 2,0001. had not been
raised, the estate purchased should be mortgaged to pay the
expenses, and all the subscriptions paid into the society
entirely lost, unless each sabecriber lent a helping hand.
Mr. Corrie—Wben le the next meeting ?
Applicant—This evening (Tuesday), when, according to
the notice, unless something ts done the society will be dis-
solved.
Mr. Cowie—This Is really • very bard case ; it cannot be
that such respectable nemeses head this society as mailmen,
directors, and auditors, weld sanction inch proceedings;
they must be respectable men, as their names must denote.
I see here Mr. Home St. John, of 18, North.bank,
Regent's-park; Mr. F. Cox, 100, Newgate.street ; Mr.
Wyld, of CW1'448,1181 • and Mr. George Thompson, of
128, Sloane-street, Chelsea. It is really too bad that the
pew *odd be deprived of their bard earnings by these
promises of beeentiag land or house proprietors.
1111:4411sdicant) Why did you join this speculation ?
Applicant—By seeing such advantages held out in the
papers, end also the names of gentlemen acting as our
friends.
Mr. Corrie—l really cannot see why you should not be
taken in, for more learned and shrewd persons have been
deceived by the signature of the government supervisor at
the end of the rules; and I believe that there must be some-
thing wrong is sacks state of things., that would allow of
the government sanctioning the signature of one of its
°fatten to rules which are contradictory of themselves, and
so contrived as to cheat the poor, and throw their hard-
earned moneys Into Chancery, if they grumble at its lose.
Is Mr. Tidd Pratt still the °Moor who supervises the rules

An intimation was hers given that such was the fact.
Mr. Carrie—Then all I can say is, the sooner some
amendment is made, the better. (To applicant)—My poor
woman, If yon had lodged Ibis large amount in the savings
bank, without trusting it in the hands of speculators, you
would have a little oompatency. As it is, I fear I cannot
help you.
Ultimately, as the applicant stated that herself and her
family were starving, Mr. Corrie gave her 10s. from the
poor-boa, advising her to attend the meeting of the sub
scribers, and afterwards apply to the sitting magistrate of
the Itarylehone Court, in whose district the location was
situated, adding that he had marked • clause in the rules,
which in his opinion showed that the directors of the society
had no right to invest applicant's savings in the purchase
of an Maw.