The Adelaide Observer - Saturday, May 11, 1895

Mr. Justice Charles has admitted Oscar Wilde to substantial bail.

London, May 4.

The bail fixed by Mr. Justice Charles is Oscar Wilde himself in £2,500 and two sureties of £1,250 each.

London, May 7.

Mr. Justice Charles, in granting Oscar Wilde bail until the next sittings of the Court, required that the necessary notice should be given to the police.

Lord Douglas of Hawick, the eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and Oscar Wilde's fidus achates, and the Reverend Stewart Duckworth Headlam, B.A., of 31, Upper Bedford-place, a clergyman of the Church of England without benefice, having entered into bonds to Her Majesty in the sum of £1,250 each, and Oscar Wilde himself having entered into a bond in the sum of £2,500, Wilde has been released from custody.

(The Rev. S. D. Headlam, B.A., was created a deacon in 1870 and priest in 1872. He is the author of "Laws of Eternal Life," "Lessons from the Cross," "Functions of the Stage," and the "Theory of Theatrical Dancing.")

The South Australian Register - Wednesday, May 8, 1895

Mr. Justice Charles, in granting Oscar Wilde bail until the next sittings of the Court, required that the necessary notice should be given to the police.

Lord Douglas of Hawick, the eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and Oscar Wilde's fidus aschates, and the Reverend Stewart Duckworth Headlam, B.A., of 31, Upper Bedford-place, a clergyman of the Church of England without benefice, having entered into bonds to Her Majesty in the sum of £1,250 each, and Oscar Wilde himself having entered into a bond in the sum of £2,500, Wilde has been released from custody.

[The Rev. S. D. Headlam, B.A., was created a deacon in 1870 and priest in 1872. He is the author of "Laws of Eternal Life," "Lessons from the Cross," "Functions of the Stage," and the "Theory of Theatrical Dancing."]

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