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The Herald - Wednesday, May 8, 1895
Oscar Wilde, concerning whom the jury by which he was tried on a charge of misdemeanor, involving alleged abominable conduct, failed to agree, has been liberated on bail.
The Court insisted upon his own recognisance of £2500 and two approved sureties of £1250 each.
The bondsmen are Lord Douglas (probably the Earl of Home) and the Rev. S.D. Headlam, a well-known divine, and a prolific writer on religious subjects.
The Argus - Monday, May 6, 1895
An application for bail was made yesterday on behalf of Oscar Wilde, the well-known author and dramatist, who was tried at the Old Bailey together with the man Taylor, the trial terminating on the 1st inst. by the disagreement of the jury. The accused, who are to be tried again, were remanded in custody, bail being refused by Mr. Justice Charles, who tried them.
Yesterday Wilde was admitted to bail in his own recognisance of £2,500 and two sureties of £1,250 each.