The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-17 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL FRAUDS IN THE

CITY.

Hugo Dollops, a German, who, it is supposed, has
been for eeveral years pursuing an extensive system of
frauds upon the commercial community of the City, by
carrying on businees under fictitious names, was placed at
the bar of the 24122M0-house, on Saturday, before the Lord
Mayor, to undergo a final examination upon a charge of ob-
taining, by means of Wee pretences, a quantity of woollen
goods. to the value of about 120 f., from Mesas. Thackrah
and Co., of 20, Lawreno•lane ; and a quantity of carpet,
&c., to the amount of 261. odd, from 3feetra. Taplin and Co.,
of Greshametreet, carpet manufacturers.

Mr. George Lewis again appeared to conduct the prose-
cation ; and Mr. Murray attended on Debella/ the priaooer.
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On the former occasion Mr. Lewis's statement was to
the effect that the prisoner had for several years carried on
business of various kinds in London. In 1859 he became
bankrupt, and did not obtain his discharge till January in
the present year. lie then took an office in Little Britain,
and carried on business under the name of Teed, Lester,
and Co. In June he again went through the Bankruptcy
Court, and he was confined in Whiten-roes-street Prison,
where he remained until August, when he obtained his ce--
tangle, a third class one, and was at the same timereleased,
He then appeared to have commenced business at biz office
in Little Britain under the name of Walter Berthold and
Co., which name be had painted on the door, as well as
Toad, LaMar, and Co., and again he set up • firm as Hugo,
Dulling, and Co. He obtained goods from different houses
under these names, he himself bsing the party wbo consti-
tuted the three firma He appeared to have been in the habit
of ordering goods at different warehouses, promising to
pay cash on delivery, and on the goods being sent to his
office he gave a cheque in payment, which on being presented
was returned unpaid and marked no effects. In nearly every
ems he postdated the cheques, apparently under the impres-
sion that by so doing he would evade the law. A cheque
book was found upon him containing the counterfeits of •
number of cheques to the amount of upwards of 7001.,
which were made payable to different persons in the City—
nearly all of which were payable on the 10th November,
which was • day or two subsequent to his apprehension,
and before which day he DO doubt intended to make • grand
coup, and at the same time "make himself scarce." This
latter supposition was more apparent from a number of
bills of exchange which were found upon the prisoner—
amounting in the aggregate to a considerable sum—and
some of which were drawn by himself upon Teed and Lester,
and Walter Berthold. and Tends, Lester, and Walter Bee-
thokl upon himself, and which were in readiness for circula-
tion.

It will be remembved that witnesses were called by
whose evidence it appeared that in October last the prisoner
went to the house of Mews. Taplin and Co., and selected
some carpets and rugs, to the amount of 261., for which he
promised to pay cash. The goods were sent to his office by
the porter, to whom the prisoner gave a cheque upon Messrs.
Jonas and Webster, bankers, in Newington. Upon the
porter taking the cheque back it was discovered that it was
postdated. It was, however, presented on the day it was
made payable, and was returned unpaid. On the 4th of
November the prisoner went to the warehouse of Mears.
Thackrah, of Lawrence lane, and,there selected,cloth goods
to the amount of 1141., the sgreement being that he was to
pay 501. of the 1141. at the time the gooda were delivered.
The prisoner directed the goods to be sent home that day,
and said he would pay the 501. to Mr. Thackrah if be went
with them. The goods were accordingly sent in the course
of the efternoon of the 4th, and Mr. Tbackrab went for
the money. The prisoner wrote him a cheque for 501. on
Messrs. Junes and Webster. which he at first dated the 10th
November, but which, at the request of Mr. Tbackrah, he
altered to the sth, at the same time asking him not to pre.
sent it until the after Fart of the day. The cheque was
promoted on the sth, and was returned unpaid.
On Saturday Mr. Lewis said although there were a great
I many camel similar to that of Messrs. Thackrah'e and Mews.
Taplin's against the prisoner, he did not intend to go into
them, but merely to complete the two cases which bad been
already gone into, but be thought it right to mention that
besides the office at 13, Little Britain, where the prisoner
carried on business under the names of Teed, Lester,
Walter Berthold and Co., sad Hugo Doling, be bad offices
in Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, and in Joiner-street, Ber-
socieds, and carried on business at the latter place is the
name of Murray. While in Bury-court, the prisoner bad
obtained a quantity of watches to the amount of upwards of
2,0001. from Masers. Lecoutre and Soubet, a firm at St.
Croix, in Switzerland, in the name of Hugo Cunene. Mr.
Pol ake. the foreign agent, had been in communication with
thous gentlemen ; and. 'Mee the last examination, be had re-
ceived a letter from them which was in the prisoner's hand-
lwriting. and signed Huge Cullen', and in which be acknow-
ledges the receipt of the watches, but Mr. Pollaky unfor-
tunately received the information too late, and was unable
to discover any trees of thegoods, and the primer, owing to
the number of same under which he traded, had enemy faci-
lities of making away with them, or at least destroying any
tram of them. Witnesses having bees called, the prisoner
was committed for trial

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