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The San Francisco Call - Saturday, May 25, 1895
LONDON, ENG., May 24. -- There was the usual crowd at the Old Bailey courtroom to-day when Sir Edward Clarke addressed the jury in behalf of Oscar Wilde, charged with serious misdemeanors.
Wilde was called to the witness-box and given a chair, as he seemed to be broken down. In answer to questions he related how he had been on terms of intimacy with the Marquis of Queensberry's family for years, and entirely denied the charges made against him.
Sir Frank Lockwood, solicitor-general, at the conclusion of the address of Sir Edward Clarke, began a severe cross-examination of the defendant, which lasted over an hour.
Sir Edward Clarke briefly re-examined Wilde and then made his final address to the jury, asking them to save the defendant from the ruin of his reputation, which, he added, had been nearly quenched by the torrent of prejudice in the press. [Applause.]
Sir Frank Lockwood followed for the prosecution, but he had barely begun his address when the court was adjourned for the day.
The Marquis of Queensberry is quoted as saying: "I do not wish to see Wilde further punished. He has suffered enough. I only want to keep the beast from my son. Every one knows Wilde is no better than Alfred Taylor." Asked as to what he thought would be the verdict, he said: ''I am willing to forfeit 1000 to 1 that Wilde is acquitted. There are many names back of this thing."
The Philadelphia Times - Saturday, May 25, 1895
LONDON, May 24. - There was the usual crowd of people in the Old Bailey court room to-day when Sir Edward Clarke addressed the jury in behalf of his client, Oscar Wilde, who is charged with serious misdemeanors.
Wilde was called to the witness box and was provided with a chair, as he seemed to be utterly broken down. In answer to the questions put to him he related how he had been on terms of intimacy with the Marquis of Queensberry's family for years, and entirely denied the charges made against him. When he was asked about the famous letter which he had written to Lord Alfred Douglas, and which was read at the first trial, the defendant said that it was a beautiful way in which an artist would write to a cultured young man.
Sir Edward Clarke briefly re-examined Wilde and then made his final address to the jury, asking them to save the defendant from the ruin of his reputation, which, he added, had been nearly quenched by the torrent of prejudice in the press. (Applause.)
Sir Frank Lockwood followed for the prosecution, but he had barely begun his address when the court was adjourned.
The Marquis of Queensberry, in an interview, is quoted as saying: "I do not wish to see Wilde further punished. He has suffered enough. One of his companions has been found guilty and every one in London knows that Wilde is no better than Alfred Taylor."
When the Marquis of Queensberry was asked what he thought would be the verdict, he said: "I am willing to bet 1,000 to 1 that Wilde is acquitted. There are many names back of this thing that say so. I have as much chance of dropping dead in the street today as Oscar Wide has of being found guilty."