The Bacearat Scandal.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 132, 5 June 1891, Page 2

The Baccarat Scandal.

uondon, dune l, In opening tke defence. ia tho Baoonrat ooao Sir Charles Russell, Q. 0., deolared that the only motive which induced Sir William Gordon Gumming to take the present pro-< ceedinga was v hope that they might prevent his being expelled from the oluba, and from his position in the army, the learned counsel argued that if the plaintiff was so innocent aa he wished the oourt to believe, he would not so easily have sacrificed his honour by signing an undertaking not to touoh a oara for the rest of his life, oven for fifty prinoes. He intended to oall witnesses who would prove absolutely the dishonesty of the i

plaintiff. Mr Arthur Wilson, the owner of Tranby Oroffc, where tho alleged cheating took place, minutely deaoribed Sir Gordon Oumtning's method of increasing Mb stake when & favourable card w^B turned up by the dealer,' whioh created quite a sensation » S l6 ,9 0U ' fc ' When Mr Wilson informed Mr Barkley Levett of the dishonest cdnduot, the latter disbelieved it. Then they watched air vyilliam, and were convinced of his oheating. The oross-examination considerably discredited Mr Wilson's evidence owing to his youth and rawness.