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The Boston Globe - Friday, April 26, 1895
LONDON, April 26 - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was begun in the central criminal court, Old Bailey, today.
Charles Parker and the other witnesses who testified at the preliminary hearings were called to the stand and repeated the stories they had previously told.
Wilde looked careworn and anxious and was much thinner than usual.
The fact that he had had his hair cut short added to his attenuated appearance. Taylor maintained his air of unconcern.
Both prisoners pleaded not guilty.
The opening speech of the counsel for the prosecution was a repetition of his previous arguments.
The evidence given by the young man Parker was vastly more disgusting than the testimony he gave at the hearings in the Bow st police court.
Upon cross examination he swore that Wood and Allen had received $2000 blackmail from a gentleman with whom they were guilty of misconduct in the gentleman's lodgings, and that he himself had received $150 from the same person for the same reason.
The New York Times - Thursday, May 23, 1895
LONDON, May 22. -- The second trial of Oscar Wilde began in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning.
Wilde looked pale and haggard, and for a few minutes he was obliged to quit the dock.
Sir Edward Clarke cross-examined Shelley, and made him admit that he was mistaken in his testimony in the Bow Street Police Court. Two other witnesses repeated testimony given at the first trial.
Wilde was not taken to jail, but was released overnight on bail, his old sureties qualifying.
The Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Douglas of Harwick, were arraigned in the Marlborough Street Police Court this morning to answer a charge of fighting in the street. The Marquis said that his son was the aggressor, having first assaulted him, and that he only struck back in self-defence.
Lord Douglas said he merely desired his father's assurance that he would cease writing letters to his wife, reviling her husband.
The Marquis, who wore a jaunty air, admitted that he had offered to fight his son, Lord Douglas of Harwick, anywhere or at any time for £10,000. The crowd cheered the Marquis as he drove away in a cab, and as earnestly hissed and hooted Lord Douglas as he took his departure.
The Marquis and his son were bound in sureties of £500 each to keep the peace for six months.