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The Chicago Tribune - Monday, May 27, 1895
London, May 26. - Wilde and Taylor, who were sentenced yesterday for heinous crimes, attended the prison chapel at Pentonville today. Their heads were cropped and they were in the prison garb. The two prisoners will only be allowed to see their friends four times in the year on condition of their good conduct.
The North American - Monday, May 27, 1895
London, May 26 — Oscar Wilde was yesterday found guilty on the charges of committing immoral offences, and with Taylor, his accomplice, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at hard labor.
When the foreman of the jury delivered the verdict, Wilde, who had entered the prisoner’s dock a moment before, rose from the chair on which he had been seated throughout the trial and stood with his arms on the rail. Justice Wills ordered that Alfred Taylor should also be summoned before him. Then in a voice trembling with emotion, the Justice said: "I never before had such a shocking case as this to deal with. Two men such as you are by the very nature of your crimes lost to all sense of remorse for what you have done. There is no doubt but that the verdict is a just one, and I shall give you the full penalty allowed by law, and I only regret that it is not more severe. You are both sentenced to hard labor for the term of two years."
Wilde did not look at the Judge while the sentence was being pronounced. His eves roved around the courtroom, his face never changed color, and he looked like a man who had made up his mind to make the best of a bad situation. Taylor smiled when sentence was pronounced.
During the address of Justice Wills to the jury, the foreman of the jury asked whether, in view of the intimacy between Lord Alfred Douglas and Alfred Wood, one of the men whose names have been brought prominently into the case, a warrant for Lord Alfred’s arrest had ever bene issues. The Judge replied that he thought not. The foreman asked if it had ever been contemplated to issue a warrant for the arrest of Lord Alfred Douglas. To this the Judge replied that the could not say.
Wilde and Taylor attended the prison chapel at Pentonville today. Their hair was cropped, and they were in the prison garb. The two prisoners will only be allowed to see their friends four times in the year on condition of their good conduct.