A BACCARAT SCANDAL.
London, October 22.
A peculiar case has been invesbigated in the law courts. The evidence adduced proved thab bhe Marquis of Ailesbury won £5,000 from a Scotch farmer at a game of baccarat, bub the latter declares he was drunk at the time, and not accountable for his actions when he gave the cheque. The Marquis of Aileßbury paid the cheque over to a trainer of racehorses, bub ib was dishonoured, and the latter now sues the drawer for the amount). Judgment was reserved.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 254, 24 October 1892, Page 3
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87A BACCARAT SCANDAL. Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 254, 24 October 1892, Page 3
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