Taranaki Herald - Thursday, April 4, 1895

OSCAR WILDE AND THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY.

Immense crowds attended the trial of the Marquis of Queensbury on a charge of libelling Oscar Wilde. The evidence adduced to day showed that Wilde paid a heavy blackmail for his gushing letters to Lord Alfred Douglas (the Marquis' son), which were found in the pockets of his old clothes when given away. The defence is based on revelations in these letters.

The Poverty Bay Herald - Thursday, April 4, 1895

London, April 3.

Immense crowds attend the trial of the Marquis of Queensberry who is charged with libelling Oscar Wilde. The evidence adduced to-day showed that Wilde paid heavy blackmail for his gushing letters to Lord Alfred Douglas (the Marquis' son), which were found in the pockets of some old clothes when given away. The defence is based on the revelations in these letters.

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