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The Australian Star - Saturday, April 6, 1895
Oscar Wilde hurriedly left the court while counsel for the Marquis of Queensberry was justifying the plea that he was a grossly immoral man.
The verdict of not guilty was received by the spectators in court with loud cheers.
The notes of the evidence taken at the case have been forwarded to the Public Prosecutor with a view to Oscar Wilde's arrest.
When the Marquis of Queensberry wrote to his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, commanding him to discontinue his intimacy with Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred replied by wire: "What a funny little man you are!"
Oscar Wilde says he was regardless of the social inferiority of his guests if they were amusing.
The libel action brought by Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry has resulted in the acquittal of the accused.
The jury expressed the belief that the alleged libel had been written in the public interests.
It is expected that the next step in the sensational case will be the arrest of Oscar Wilde.
The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry, charged with criminally libelling Oscar Wilde, is creating the greatest interest in London.
"You are the divine thing I want," wrote Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas. In the witness-box he explained that this was "the natural expression of an artist to a beautiful personality."
Extract from a letter written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas:— "Those red roseleaf lips of yours were made no less for the music of song than for the madness of kissing."
The Argus - Thursday, April 4, 1895
The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry on the charge of having criminally libelled Mr. Oscar Wilde, the well-known author and dramatist, was commenced to-day.
From the social position of the parties the case has excited unusual interest, and immense crowds assembled at the court during the proceedings.
Lord Queensberry was committed for trial on March 9, when he declared that he wrote the alleged libel on a card and left it with the hall porter at Mr. Wilde's club with the view of bringing matters to a head, and in order to save his son, Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, who is 24 years of age, from Mr. Wilde, in the interests of morality.
Evidence was given to show that Mr. Wilde had paid heavy blackmail in order to recover certain letters written by him in a very gushing strain to Lord Alfred Douglas. These letters had been found in the pockets of some old clothes belonging to the latter which had been given away.
The case for the defence is based on the revelations contained in these letters.