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Sydney Evening News - Friday, May 24, 1895
London, May 23.-- The trial of Oscar Wilde was continued at the Central Criminal Court to-day.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the defence, asked Mr. Justice Wills not to send the case arising out of the incident at the Savoy Hotel to the jurv.
Mr. Justice Wills said a sense of duty prevented him from withdrawing it. He, however, dismissed the count charging indecency between Wilde and Shelley on the ground that tho evidence lacked support, and that Shelley suffered from delusions. The evidence showed nothing but an unnatural friendship, and it had not been proved that it was otherwise than perfectly honorable.
The case referring to Shelley was afterwards withdrawn.
The case had not concluded when the court rose.
The Boston Globe - Friday, April 26, 1895
LONDON, April 26 - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was begun in the central criminal court, Old Bailey, today.
Charles Parker and the other witnesses who testified at the preliminary hearings were called to the stand and repeated the stories they had previously told.
Wilde looked careworn and anxious and was much thinner than usual.
The fact that he had had his hair cut short added to his attenuated appearance. Taylor maintained his air of unconcern.
Both prisoners pleaded not guilty.
The opening speech of the counsel for the prosecution was a repetition of his previous arguments.
The evidence given by the young man Parker was vastly more disgusting than the testimony he gave at the hearings in the Bow st police court.
Upon cross examination he swore that Wood and Allen had received $2000 blackmail from a gentleman with whom they were guilty of misconduct in the gentleman's lodgings, and that he himself had received $150 from the same person for the same reason.