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The South Australian Register - Monday, May 27, 1895
The hearing of the charges against Oscar Wilde was resumed to-day, when, counsel having concluded their addresses to the Jury, Sir Alfred Wills summed up the evidence in an exhaustive address which took three hours in delivery.
The Jury retired to consider their verdict and were absent from the Court for two hours, when they brought in a verdict of guilty.
Sir Alfred Wills, in sentencing the prisoner, regretted that he was only able to sentence him to two years' imprisonment, which, in his opinion, was totally inadequate punishment for the offence.
Alfred Taylor, who had been previously convicted, was then brought into Court and sentenced to a similar period of imprisonment.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday, May 27, 1895
LONDON, May 26.
The case against Oscar Wilde was concluded at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, yesterday.
Mr. Justice Wills summed up the case to the jury, his speech extending over three hours.
The jury then retired, and after a lapse of two hours brought in a verdict of guilty.
Wilde and his associate, Alfred Taylor, who had previously been found guilty on two separate counts, were sentenced together.
Mr. Justice Wills, in addressing the prisoners, regretted that he was only able to pass a sentence of two years, which in his opinion was totally inadequate for the crime of which they had been convicted.
The prisoners were then each sentenced to two years' imprisonment.