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The Clutha Leader - Friday, May 31, 1895
In the Oscar Wilde case was concluded on Saturday, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts.
His Honor, in sentencing the prisoners Wilde and Taylor, spoke with great emotions. The verdict to his mind was right beyond all shadow of doubt, and it appeared to him useless to address the prisoners, who were evidently dead to all sense of shame. The case was the worst of its kind he had ever had before him, and passing the most severe sentence the law permitted, he regretted that it was totally inadequate to the dastardly nature of the offence. He then sentenced each prisoner to two years' hard labor. Wilde, after being sentenced, appeared quite dazed and horror-struck. In his despair he weakly murmured a request to be permitted to address the court, but this was unheaded, and the warders hurried him off to his cell.
North Otago Times - Monday, May 27, 1895
The trial of Oscar Wilde concluded to-day. The summing up of the Judge occupied three hours, and the jury were absent two hours in considering the verdict. At the end of that time they returned with a verdict of guilty on all counts. His Honor, in sentencing the prisoners (Wilde and Taylor), spoke with great emotion. The verdict to his mind, was correct beyond all shadow of doubt, and it appeared to him useless to address the prisoners, who were evidently dead to all sense of shame. The case was the worst of its kind he had ever had before him, and, in passing the most severe sentence the law permitted, he regretted that it was totally inadequate to the dastardly nature of the offence, and then sentenced each prisoner to two years' hard labor. Taylor left the dock with a firm step, but Wilde appeared haggard and dazed.