The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

POLICE IA TELLIGENCE.-April 12.

GUILDHALL.--THE EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON
FOREIGN FIRMS BY A PRISONER IN THE QUEEN'S
BENCH.—Edward Segers, a prisoner in the Queen's
Bench Prison, who, it was alleged, had traded in
the names of " Charles Reil and C 0.," of 12, Saint
Andrew's-road, South mark ; "J. F. Dodson and
Son," of Newman-street, and " Segers and C 0.," of
38, Saint Mary-axe, and afterwards of Lime-street,
was brought up on remand, with a woman named
Elizabeth Smith, before Sir F. G. Moon, charged
with conspiring together, and with others not in
custody, to obtain by false pretences goods to the
various amounts of £7O, £l2O, and £5OO, with
intent to cheat and defraud Mr.Cozzi of Paris, Mr.
Pierre Torycadet, of Nice, and Mr. Bernstein, of
Hamburgh, respectively.
Mr. Laxton conducted the prosecution on behalf
of Mr. Cozzi and Mr. Toryeadet ; Mr. Orridge,
prosecuted in the case of Mr. Bernstein ; and Mr.
Lewis, jun., was for the defence.
Mr. Waxen, from Stubbs's Trade Protection
Establishment, attended to watch the proceedings
on behalf of a number of Continental, as well as
English -firms, who have been victimised by per-
sons believed to be connected with the same gang
of which the prisoner Segers is alleged to be a
member.

Mr. Laxton said he was in hopes that he should
have been able to have completed his case on the
present occasion, but it had unfortunately happened
that in the case of Mr. P. Torycadet, a material
witness of the name of Leopard was too ill to attend
and he should therefore have to ask for a remand
on that account, in addition to which the prosecutor
had not been able to reach here fn time for this
examination, and it would be impossible to com-
plete the case without him. With regard to the
charge against the female prisoner, it was thought
she could give material evidence which would lead
to the most important disclosures, and it was there-
fore, desirable that the case should not be proceeded
with against her.

Bull, the detective officer, who has been engaged
with Baker, another officer, in getting up the evi-
dence in these cases, said he was satisfied that the
female prisoner would afford the police every
assistance if she were discharged.
Sir F. G. Moon said he could see clearly that the
female prisoner ought to be discharged,.as it was
evident she had been made the instrument of the
prisoner Segers, but he did not propose to discharge
her without having some security for her appear-
ance if she should be wanted hereafter.
Mr. Orridge then proposed to state the facts of
his case, although he did not intend to offer any
evidence until the next hearing.
Mr. Lewis objected to any ex parte statement
being made where the object was obviously to pre-
judice the prisoner. A statement had already gone
forth that the prisoner had obtained goods from
foreign houses to the extent of £20,000, but he was
instructed by Segers that there was no truth in tha
assertion.

Sir F. G. Moon said the interests of justice re,
quired that he should investigate these charges
most carefully, and the publicity that a statement of
facts, to be substantiated by evidence at a future
hearing, would obtain, would enable the prosecutors
to arrive at information which they could have no
other means of reaching, and for that reason he
thought it desirable to allow Mr. Orridge to state
his case, although he did not call evidence in sup-
port of it at present.
Mr. Orridge said he should be able to show on
a future occasion that the prisoner Segers, in con-
nexion with a man named Altorff, defrauded Mr.
Bernstein, of Hamburg, of a quantity of wine, to
the value of £5OO ; that the wine was paid for by
bills accepted in the name of Edward Segers and
Co., and dishonoured when they came to maturity.
It would also be shown that at 'one time the pri-
soner was trading under the name of "S. F.
Dodgson and Son," of Newman-street.
Mr. Lewis said the prisoner had been sued on
those bills, and after eight months' imprisonment
obtained his discharge by a compromise of the
matter with the person of whom he had the wine.
Mr. Orridge said, until this case appeared in the
newspapers his client had no idea that the pri-
soner had been carrying on such an extensive
system of fraud, and as the fact of his being in
custody became more generally known othercharges
would be preferred against him of a similar cha-
racter.

Sir F. G. Moon then discharged the woman on
her own recognisances in £2O to appear and give
evidence if •required, and remanded the prisoner
Segers until Saturday the 20th April, on which day
the examination will commence at ten o'clock in
morning.

Mr. Lewis applied that the prisoner should be
remanded back to the Queen's Bench under the
habeas upon which he was originally brought up,
instead of being sent to Newgate.
Sir F. G. Moon said he had not the power to
remand out of the jurisdiction of the court, and if
he had he did not think it would be desirable to
send the prisoner elsewhere than to Newgate.
Mr. Lewis said in that case he would apply to a
judge to order the prisoner's discharge from New-
gate.

LAMBETH.---CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS
BY MEANS OF FICTITIOUS CHEQUES.—LeopoId Treu-
man, a German, and John Henry Zimmerm'an, for-
merly of 30, St. Mary-axe, where he carried on
business in the names of Zimmerman and Son, were
brought up on remand from Saturday last, and
placed at the bar before the• Hon. G. C. Norton,
charged with having obtained goods from various
tradesmen by fraud and fictitious cheques.
Mr. Lewis, jun., was engaged for the prosecution,
on behalf of the Trade Protection Society, Gresham.

1 street; and Mr, Neale for th,-, prisoner. Mr.
1 Wavell, chief inspector of the society, also attended
on its behalf.
The particulars of the former examination were
given in our paper on Monday last, when it appeared
that the charge then preferred against them was
a for defrauding Messrs. Atkinson and Co. of pro-
perty by means of a fictitious cheque, drawn in the
name of a person purporting to be Charles Richards,
and which was made payable at the Messrs. Spiel-
mans, bankers, Lombard-street. It was presented
there, when it was found that no one of that name
kept an account there. It was subsequently dis-
covered that a short time ago Zimmerman opened
an account at the bank, and that when he did so he
obtained a cheque-book, which he had made use of
in carrying on his frauds.
Inspector Hubbard, of the L division, who had
the case in hand, and who has been most active in
his inquiries, asked for a remand in order to pro-
duce further charges against the prisoner for similar
frauds committed by them on Messrs. Shoolbred
and Co., of Tottenham-court-road, and on Mr. Jay,
247, Regent •street.
Previous to the investigation of these cases,
Mr. Lewis, jun., stated that the prisoners had
been practising for a length of time a succession
of frauds by means of fictitious cheques, and he
stated that it was their practice as soon as the
goods were obtained to pawn them, by which
they had succeeded in getting a considerable
sum of money. The articles were ordered by
Treuman, who gave for them a fictitious cheque,
which was drawn in the name of Richards, and
which was made payable at the bank of Messrs.
Spielmans. It was his duty to say that the public
and tradesmen in general were somewhat indebted
to the Trade Protection Society, for which he
appeared, for having undertaken the prosecution of
the case, and which was anxious that the charge
against the prisoners should be fully investigated.
The other cases were then proceeded with, when
it appeared that on the 30th March Treuman ob-
tained at Messrs. Shoolbred's, a carpet and other
articles of the value of about .£l5, and that on the
same day they were pledged at Mr. Attenborough's,
Greek-street, Soho, for £9 10s. Treuman then gave
a cheque wi,h the signature of Mr. Fisher attached
to it, on the 27th of March.' The same prisoner got
a Cashmere shawl, 32 yards of glace silk, of the
value altogether of £2B, for which he gave a cheque,
signed Henry Richards, and which was pledged
the same day at Messrs. Attenborough's.
Mr. Lewis now asked for a remand.
This was granted, and the prisoners were re-
manded for a week.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 12.

The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend
Morton Drummond, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of
Exmoor, in the counties of Somerset and Devon, and diocese
of Bath and Wells, the same being void by the resignation
of the Reverend William Henry. Thornton.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
M'Gregor to the Church of Kinlock Luichart, in the parish
of Contin, in the Presbytery of Dingwall, and shire of
Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Evan Mac-
kenzie Masson to the Church and Parish of Dull, in the
Presbytery of Weem.