THE BACCARAT CASE.
— — ■*- The Trial Begun. [Special to Press Assooiation.J LONDON. June 1. In the baccarat case to-day, Sir W. Gordon Cumming was examined. He denied the allegation that he was cheating, but admitted having signed a document undertaking not to touch cards for the rest of his life. This he explained was done in order to prevent scandal. In cross-examination to-day, Sir Gordon Cumming admitted having won ,£225 from the Prince of Wales. ! He had never sought to confront his ! accusers, because his friends had failed to suggest that this was advisable. The second nighfc (Sept. 9), 1 they were playing, the Prince of Wales, he remembered, expressed a j wish thftt the pWrs would exhibit i their H^keS dearly. Witness now beJ lieved that the advice given him jto sign a declaration of guilt was extremely bad. The Prince of Wales I and two of his friends, Lord Coventry and G-eneral Owen Williams, had written to him jointly, that in case of overwhelming evidence it was useless for him to deny his guilt. The plaintiff proposes to call the Prince of Wales as a witness.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7180, 3 June 1891, Page 4
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187THE BACCARAT CASE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7180, 3 June 1891, Page 4
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