THE BACCARAT OASE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2214, 13 June 1891, Page 1

THE BACCARAT OASE.

■ n \ r . Loaniox, Jane I. Tn the baccarat case »• verdict was returned for l the ' In the baccarat case Lord Chief a Justice Coleridge ehriame.d up generally •gainst Sir William Gordon Camming. ■ Tbe, Jury .were absent only seven minataa,andwhea the foreman announced that they found averdict : for i defendants there was considerable biasing °ih the body of the 'cohrtf When the ’defenj dents were leaving the boarthonae they were huatlei by the .crowd which had collected round the 'entrances, i The while of lip. praßs'iayarely; censure C the prince for His bondnot, and many of tbs, papers warn hia lloyal Highness that ha is only imperilling monarchy by Pursuing hia.past airear, The; Toriea.i fear that the diacloanrea made ’will seriously affect their chainse of success at the forth- ] coming general eledtiOn, - , . ‘ ’Quite; number • f dissenting bodies have denounced the. Prince of Wajes because «f bis gambling habits. cTha Telagiraph deplores tha disclosures, e wbieb’showsd that baccarat baa so deep a hold on its devotaes aa to indnos them 1 to carry , about with ,tjhem ,tha apparatus neceaaary; for /playing tha; game.. The 1 Chronicle condemn# the verdict, and says that tha re.adinesa *|ißpl»y«d by the Prince of Walea to be a prise guest of rich vulgar families and gratify their taste for the lowest type of gambling, ; has shocked and; disgusted the people. The Welsh , Baptist, Conference now sitting at Bangor haspeaseda reaolntion i deploring the gambling habits of the Prince of Wales, ! f Sir William Gordon Gumming, the ■ iplaintiff in the baccarat case, was married to-day to Miss Garner, a New York ; lady possessing a fortune of £20,000, !At the end of the trial Sir William I offered to break the engagement.