SLANDERED SIEVIER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 111, 14 May 1904, Page 2

SLANDERED SIEVIER.

LONDON'S LATEST SENSj^rfOif,

LONDON. Vnv 10 Tlve action brought Ire Mr (the well-known sportsman) a<rain« Sir James Duke Sievier denied that he waa ducked sharping If Adel<Udo 'or canta<ilmUetl that ho had CU?h w Pell ? d - froni the Victoria Ho admitted that he hurt ■- - Australia . but denied from Dr Fif W ° n , £ !, 5 ', 000 at . . . , • *'fv, of Melbourne. He ex. plained that his presentation at a. ttsrrussnrs Monto Carlo, witness fillimr cheoi * oiio f°r in his owif fav^ 0 * and the other for £IOO in his /, U f' favour wke# Horn was in , /" statQ of alcoholism. The b Uw £IOO cheque, but refur dnk the £6OO one. A-d to cash Tho hearing incident- „ that Sievier undertoo' iU y "wealed lory Dunstable volin ,K to insur e evHouth Africa, but <tcer B oin ß to claims wore pre.'- tlml when the pay, saying hi- ho refused to led the busar J secretary had l bungDetective-' '^ s -

land Yaiv' Drew (o( Sootier for r -4 said ho had known Sievreputa '"Veral years. Ho had a bad with -won. Two men associated wh' ■ of his gambling incidents, 11 JT nunies were revealed during J hearing, were nororious card,S«arpers. 1 When counsel concluded Sievlee wept copiously. caso '^' S staev *be J««'y stopped the

Ln,!,'i o Ustice G, ' an thflm severely hantoin ?'T l V or ° lof,ine with a certa n Lady Mabel Ilnice, two day» botoio her marriage to another mtm and spending her fortune. He nover i "n'i'i ! l , d ' s fe r, 'm.*eful or dfscred- A 'lent" And if |r" 1U U '° Dunst able incit'; f th,s "'an bad the audaciJ to secure presentation at a levee Of the late Q ue ei, Victoria. H» (tlw judge) would i W t) ler lmVo •n up the throne, if fte were a kfmr The v r^ <l f >SSOd b ' r sui:h a ">on. with costs! 0 WoU 'd for defendant