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The Sun - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
LONDON, May 21. - The trial of Alfred Taylor was resumed in the Old Bailey Court this morning. The Marquis of Queensberry was present. Taylor was called to the stand and repeated the statements he made in the witness box at his previous trial. In reply to questions in regards to the visitors to his rooms, Taylor asked to be allowed to write their names. The Judge said: "If the names are written I will read them aloud. I do not approve of mystery."
Taylor did not write the names, but mentioned a few which have already been connected with the case. There were no notable names among them. He denied that he had gone through a marriage ceremony with a man named Mason.
After the libel trial of Wilde against Lord Queensberry, the latter’s solicitor, he said, had asked him to make a statement against Wilde, but this he had refused to do. He admitted that he had written a letter to the man Mason, signing himself "with love."
The evidence was concluded with Taylor's testimony, and counsel began their addresses to the jury.
The Judge, in summing up the evidence, directed the jury to acquit Taylor as regarded his complicity with the young man Wood, leaving them to decide upon the three charges in which Taylor is alleged to be guilty. The jury retired at 3:25 PM.
When the jury returned to the court room and had been polled , the foreman said that they could not agree that the prisoner had procured Charles Parker for Wilde, nor that Wilde had committed acts of indecency with Parker. They, however, found Taylor guilty on two counts in regard to Charles and William Parker.
Taylor's sentence was deferred until a verdict should be reached in the trial of Wilde, which will begin to-morrow.
The Washington Post - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
London, May 21.—The trial of Alfred Taylor was resumed in the Old Bailey Court this morning. The evidence was concluded with Taylor’s testimony, and counsel began their addresses to the jury, which retired at 3:25 p. m.
When the jury returned to the court room and had been polled, the foreman stated they they could not agree that the prisoner had procured Charles Parker for Wilde, nor that Wilde had committed acts of indecency with Parker. They, however, found Taylor guilty on two counts in regard to Charles and William Parker.
Taylor’s sentence was delayed until a verdict shall be reached in the trial of Wilde, which will began to-morrow.