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The Irish News and Belfast Morning News - Saturday, May 25, 1895
LONDON, FRIDAY.The trial of Wilde was resumed at the Old Bailey to-day. The prisoner, who betrayed tokens of the keenest anxiety, had a consultation with his counsel, and afterwards talked with Lord Douglas of Hawick before entering the dock.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL again raised the question of the withdrawal of the case as regarded Shelly, and contended that Mr. Justice Collins laid it down in 1894 that the evidence even of an accomplice could not be withdrawn from the jury.
The JUDGE adhered to his decision.
Sir EDWARD CLARKE, on behalf of the prisoner, said he had to deal with the remnants of the case. He animadverted upon the conduct of the case by the counsel for the Crown, and said he should call Wilde to face for the third time any cross-examination to which he might be subjected. He submitted that Wilde’s conduct throughout had been that of an innocent man, and on the evidence he urged that the jury could only return a verdict of not guilty.
The prisoner then entered the witness-box, and denied that there was any truth whatever in the charges made against him.
Sir EDWARD CLARKE then addressed the jury for the defence.
The case was adjourned.
Belfast News-Letter - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The trial of Wilde was resumed at the Old Bailey yesterday. The prisoner, who betrayed tokens of the keenest anxiety, had a consultation with his counsel, and afterwards talked with Lord Douglas of Hawick before entering the dock. Sir Edward Clarke, on behalf of the prisoner, said he had to deal with the remnants of the case. He animadverted upon the conduct of the case by counsel for the Crown, and said he should call Wilde to face for the third time the cross-examination to which he might be subjected. He submitted that Wilde's conduct throughout had been that of an innocent man, and on the evidence he urged that the jury could only return a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner then entered the witness-box and denied that there was any truth whatever in the charges made against him. After the evidence of the prisoner, Sir Edward Clarke addressed the jury for the defence, and the Solicitor-General having replied for the Crown, the case was again adjonrned.