STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 125, 10 June 1891, Page 2

STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

SENSATION AND APPLAUSE IN COURT. London, June 9. In the course of hi 3 reply m the baccarat case to-day, Sir Edward Clark; SolicitorGeneral, declared that after the evidence which had been taken it was impossible. to remove Sir William Gordon Cumming's name from any list without also erasing the names of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and General Owen Williams. This statement created an immense sensation m Court. Couucil contended that Mr Stanley Wilson was originally mistaken m the construction, he put upon the plaintiff's style of play, and yet he afterwards sought to entrap his guest. The accusation of adding counters was explained by the system of play pursued by Sir William, but the charge of withdrawing counters, which was not similarly explained, had been abandoned. Sir Edward Clarke said it was impossible to understand the conduct of the Prince of Wales, Lord Coventry, and Mr Stanley Wilson m believing their comrade guilty of the charges made against him, and his (counsels) own belief was that much of the evidence which could have been given m plaintiff' s favor had evidently been sacrificed m the desire to save the Prince of Wales from exposure. The latter remark elicited loud applause from the body of the Court.