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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Saturday, April 6, 1895
London, April 6– Oscar Wilde, who passed last night in the Bow street police station after his arrest by officers of the treasury department, was arraigned in the Bow street court this morning. The courtroom was crowded when Sir John Bridge, the presiding judge, appeared. Lawyer C. F. Fill, the Marquis of Queensberry’s junior counsel, acted as prosecutor for the treasury department. When the magistrate took his seat the doors leading to the cells were opened and Wilde was seen approaching with a stately step and carrying a silk hat in his hand. When he reached the center of the prisoners’ dock he calmly deposited his hat on the seat, bowed to Sir John Bridge, folded his arms and leaned on the rail of the dock in the same insolent manner which he displayed while on the witness stand on the Old Bailey.
Mr. Gill called as witness to sustain the charge made against Wilde, a young man named Parker, formally a valet. During Parker’s testimony Wilde moved restlessly in the dock and passed his hand across his face. The man Taylor, whose name has figured prominently is the case, was arrested and taken into court during Parker’s direct examination. At its conclusion Wilde’s counsel asked leave to postpone cross examination as the evidence had taken them by surprise.
After several other witnesses had been ex-amined Sir John Bridge remanded Wilde until Thursday next. Counsel asked that his client Wilde be released on bail but the magistrate declined to do so. Counsel persisted, saying that he could offer substantial bail, but Sir John Bridge replied:
"It is not a case for bail at all."
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Sunday, April 7, 1895
LONDON, April 6.—Crowds of people besieged the vicinity of Bow street early this morning, and the Police Court was filled with interested spectators as soon as the doors were opened. Among those who succeeded in pressing their way into Court was one good-looking middle-aged woman. All were anxious to see Oscar Wilde, whose arrest yesterday, following close upon the sensational termination of his suit for libel against the Marquis of Queensberry, is discussed upon all sides.
Mr. C. F. Gill, who was Mr. Edward M. Carson's junior counsel in the defense of the Marquis of Queensberry case, acted as Prosecutor to-day for the Treasury Department. Sir John Bridge, the Presiding Magistrate, took his seat on the bench at 11 o'clock. The doors leading to the cells were then opened, and Wilde was seen approaching, carrying a silk hat in his hand. When he reached the center of the prisoner's dock he deposited his hat on the seat, bowed to Sir John Bridge, folded his arms and leaned on the rail of the dock in the same insolent manner which he displayed while on the witness stand in the Old Bailey.
After the examination of a number of witnesses who gave testimony of a most damaging character, Wilde was remanded until Thursday next.
Counsel asked that his client, Wilde, be released on bail, but the Magistrate declined to do so. Counsel persisted, saying that he could offer substantial bail, but Sir John Bridge replied, "It is not a case for bail at all."