The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

A SHAM BURIAL SOCIETY.

At the Borough Court, Manchester, on Tuesday, a
man named Harvey Wellman was charged with obtaining
money by false pretences. Mr. W. P. Roberts, aatorney,
who appeared for the prosecution, stated that the prisoner
had distributed handbills, circulars, and cards, falsely repre-
senting to many thousands of penous that there was in ci
istence a burial society, of which he (the prisoner) was an
officer. Ever since ISO it had been professed that the
society had been in existence, at one time under the name
of the " General Assurance Burial Society ;" at another
time, the "Instant Benefit General Assurance Society;"
and at other times under other names. Agents had been di-
rected by the defendant to represent that there were direc-
tors and trustees of the society, and that there was a fund
belonging to the minty amounting, according to one of his
statements, to 400,, and according to another, 70001. Mr.
Roberts produced some of the handbills and cards, in which
tits society was professed to have for its objects the pay-
ment of nuns of motley at the death of the numbers, and
the granting of loans. Its address was stated to beCar-
penter's Hall, Brook-street, and its officers Harvey Well-
man, superintendent director; Joseph Moore, president;
and W. F. Heywood was secretary. One of the bills stated
that 3.501. would be reserved for the payment of funeral
expense, and the rest of the funds would be lent to the
members. Mr. Roberts called as witnesses several persons
who had been members of the society, but had been unable
to obtain money for funeral expenses, the defendant plead-
ing various excuses for not giviag it to them. One of these,
named Jane Jackson, applied to Wellman for 51, which
was due on the death of her husband, who had also been
a member, but the defendant told her she was not entitled
to it, because her husband, being above 60 years of age when
he entered the society, ought to have paid 2d. a week in-
stead of Id. which had been paid. She told him that she
had paid him all that he asked for, and that her husband's
age had been stated to him. He then offered to pay her
41. 10s., if she would sign a receipt for 51. ; which she re-
fused to do, and then he said he would not give her a far-
thing. Samueli Clegg said be had once been appointed a
nominal president of the Society by Wellman, but had no
voice in the management. He believed at the time that
the society was genuine, and bad canvassed for it, and en-
rolled about 1,000 members. He saw any directors.
He had known persons recants the benefits of the society.
He did not think any proper ledger was kept. He knew
nothing about either the money or the books. The only oel-
een of the society besides the president wen Hey-
wood,and other canvassers. There never was a public meeting
of the society, and the only persons who attended the quar-
terly meetings were the o s and persons who had ammo
to complain. In defence, the defendant boldly enbsehled
that there was no ease against him. Supposing he bad NU
(which be utterly denied) that the society bad a capital of
7,0004 it had not been shown by the prosecution that such
was not the ease ; neither had it been shown that the so-
ciety was not is esistenee. Ho celled one or two witnesses
but they did sot show that anybody possessed authority in-
dependent of the defendant, wbe was then committed he
trial at the sessions. The anwant of bail was flied at, two
sureties of 301. each. Mr. Roberts stated that the defen-
dant bad mot before bees canvieted of obtaining money
woke hiss pretences.

DISCII.OIO2 OF MU. TIMM SLOalri rho.
Ifewatra.—Yesterday eteraimg 31m.Slimas was disgorged
tram the poi of Mamie. bevies tempasted the term of
whir* she was eseloaset. It will Mre-
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iIItIOSAST-TRAPPESS DI LIVZI1•001.. —At OM
yesterday, a pair of misuablrieeking emir
sew et before Mr. Mel on askew of de.
heedleg a pees gal of the sea ef 10L Their same
were Autirew end Rosanna Dam. appose* hothead
sad wife. They were both attired ha Ma seemlied reimemh
aid seemed to below to the hoed grade of eselatp.
The gfri, who appeased to be &heat 1$ reeekd tee,
NM ever bola Dublin by the sterner at Thad. lea
She elates that she has so father or media Moe;
cad do. as both of her brothers were he Amite in.
she boned exceedingly to be with them. else bribe Mb ter
melohez of an uncle who resides is Datfia, deloulleit
HR dillattolll, and took a passage la the damn he
Os her arrival her. she we assosted a rid
rayeligthe male prisoasy, Amirew Dom, who, hallo
addressed a series of questions to her, sad learned that
she was as emigrant. said he would take her to " dayeint"
ledglega. la the mares of the IMMO= or evening of
tie some day he segspeted her to give him the money she
band, dad be midi tette we of it Ste her. She intimated
that sheatied te maws ism *Wel ; next day
theseseleit seedisy—the gld WM/ pummels—to
the 111 Mr. Barlll4 Beam et let Dean gave the
gill meaty Wet @gala; hat la the asp Its asked it
him Mt ease mare. awl afar they led purchased some
wit eat with the peahend purpose of peeving
Is the waselisee ewe pees rasa is the shop bad
haiesir amgielem immeid as to the men and the elder fe-
male ; eel ea greethreki the gat side, they elicited
tat 411MINIMIN et MO moo. While this was going
ea tea din Male eaddeely disappeared, and neither
as gat Me leshead came back @gain. The police were
at awe somminted with the case, and wrote off to the
Dahlia mike authorities relative to the robbery of the
girl's suds. • reply was received on Sunday morning
stating that se ea* man as the uncle could be found at the
address @applied. Subsequently fresh particulars relative
to the girls were transmitted to Dublin, but of course
no answer bad yet been received. The two salesmen in
Mr. Brissee's shop, and the girl herself, mere positively
that the pdreuer and his wife were the guilty parties • but,
in spite if this, Duca asserted in the most solemn Manner
that he bed sever seen the girl in his life before that morn-
ing, out he knew nothing of her, and that on the very day
she had elated that she had given him 101. to keep for her
be had set Wei food for the long period of 24 hours. The
female priateer dated that they could produce evidence to
show that try bed been elsewhere than at Mr. Briscoe's shop
at the time smattemd, and, in order that the culprits might
Iszoszapas:=2 of doing so, the case was remanded.—