The Daily Telegraph - Saturday, April 6, 1895

LONDON, Thursday Night.— The hearing of the charge of criminal libel brought by Mr. Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry was continued at the Old Bailey to-day.

Evidence was given that the Marquis of Queensberry wrote to Lord Alfred Douglas, his son, to the effect that if the worst were true he would be justified in shooting Wilde. His lordship also expressed the opinion that Lord Alfred was crazy, and suggested that he should leave the country.

LONDON, Friday, Noon.— The judge this morning directed the jury, who returned a verdict of not guilty, and the Marquis of Queensberry was accordingly discharged.

LONDON, Friday, 12.30 p.m.— The jury found that the Marquis of Queensberry was justified in his remarks, the evidence having shown that Mr. Oscar Wilde had habitually associated with the lowest and most notorious immoral men, chiefly servants.

The Daily Telegraph - Saturday, April 6, 1895

The hearing of the charge of criminal libel brought by Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry has been concluded at the Old Bailey, London.

In the Queensberry libel case it transpired that in a letter to his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, the marquis, said that if the worst were true, the latter would be justified in shooting Oscar Wilde.

The jury acquitted the Marquis of Queensberry of criminal libel, considering his remarks regarding Oscar Wilde to be justified.

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