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The Brisbane Courier - Friday, May 3, 1895
The case against Oscar Wilde and Taylor was resumed this morning, the address of the council for the accused having been concluded yesterday.
The presiding Judge, Sir Arthur Charles, summed up in favour of the accused, and laid emphasis on the fact that several of the witnesses for the prosecution were undoubted blackmailers.
After deliberating for some time the jury announced that they were unable to agree, and they were thereupon discharged.
The accused will be re-tried, and meantime they were remanded to gaol, bail being refused.
The Bay of Plenty Times - Friday, May 3, 1895
London, May 1.—Taylor swears that he is absolutely innocent of the charge brought against him.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., Counsel for the accused, made an eloquent address to the jury in which he claimed an acquittal on the ground that the chief witness for the prosecution was a man of questionable reputation.
The jury in Wilde and Taylor's case disagreed and were discharged, bail was however refused the accused.
London, May 2.—The summing up of Mr Justice Charles was in favour of the prisoners Wilde and Taylor and His Honour emphasised the fact that several of the witnesses for the prosecution were undoubted blackmailers.