The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

TRIAL OF A SWINDLER.

The Correctional Tribunal of Paris was occupied
on Saturday with the trial of • man named Jager, for
swindling. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner
at the bar, who seemed to be about 36 years of age, and
was dressed in a kind of foreign surtout, covered with em-
broidery and brandeburgs, had been arrested at Strasburg
on November 7, from having set the whole place in MUM/.
tion by the strangeness of his attire, being in fact dressed
somewhat after the fashion of the knave of spades. lie de-
clared, when interrogated, that he was a Hungarian ro-
tator, who bad been obliged to Sy from his country, having
taken put in the late insurrection. This account not being
confirmed by any document in his possesoion, and it having
been ascertained that he had come from Paris, an account
of the arrest was sent to the polies of the capital, which
led to a discovery of who he rally war. Eventually
an order was sent to Strasburg to have him trans-
fined to Paris to take his trial for swindling. The prin-
cipal witness on Saturday against him was a woman named
Report, the proprietor of a hones of ill fame, who deposed
that, in tho beginning of October last, the prisoner came to
her house, and after passing the night there informed her
that his name was Kieswaludy, and that he was ea exceed-
ingly rich Hungarian•politieal refugee, but for the moment
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unprovided with fonds. He showedi her three bill of ex-
change for 18,000 florins each, but which, he said, would
not fall due for six weeks ; he pretended to be acquainted
with • number of high personages, and to be intimate with
the Prince President. Witness was dazzled with all his
brilliant representations, and agreed to advance him what-
ever money be might require. He remained at her
house for a month, spending her money freely, living
on the best of the land, and manifesting a decided
partiality for champagne, with which he often con-
descended to treat the women of the establishment.
Having occasion for clothes, he induced the witness to
order them for him from a tailor whom she knew, and for
which she paid several hundred francs. One day he de-
clared that he was going to dine with the Prince President,
an invitation to that effect having been sent him by Baron
de Berkem, one of the Prince's aides-de-camp, and • parti-
cular friend, he affirmed, of his own. He borrowed for the
occasion a diamond ring from witness, and a porte•monnaie
with several pieces of gold in it, neither of which did she
ever get back from him. On the 6th of November the
prisoner informed her that he was about to proceed
to Switzerland on • private mission of importance, and
he borrowed from her 200 f. for the journey. He
asked witness to accompany him to the terminus of
the Strasbourg Railway, and got her to pay 51f. for
his place. They there dined together, and witness paid
the bill, amounting to 12f., and at the earnest request of
the prisoner lent him a ring set with diamonds and
turquoiees, which, he declared, was to serve as • model for
a set of ornaments which be was to bring back with bim as
a present to her. Shortly after she heard of his arrest at
Strasburg, and found that she bed lost in all by the pri-
soner about 2,200 f. Several other witnesses were heard
whose testimony confirmed that of the woman Itepert. The
prisoner when called on for his defence maintained that be
was a naturalised Hungarian, although born in Wurtsm-
bag, and that his father had been a nobleman of this