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The Standard Union - Friday, May 24, 1895
London, May 24. - Upon the resumption of the trial of Oscar Wilde in the Old Bailey Court to-day, Sir Frank Lockwood, Solicitor-General, made application to the Judge for the reinstatement in the case of the evidence in regard to Shelly, which the court eliminated from the case yesterday. The Court refused to grant the application.
Sir Edward Clarke then opened the case for the defencs. He complained of the unjust manner in which the prosecution of the case had been conducted, and declared that because of this the defendant could answer to only a remnant of the charges.
Wilde was then called to the stand and repeated the testimony he gave in the previous trial. He was physically weak and was allowed to sit while testifying.
Wilde’s testimony brought out nothing new. Sir F. Lockwood, throughout his cross-examination, carefully avoided giving the defendant any opening for a literary speech. Wilde repeatedly denied that he had been guilty of any misconduct.
Sir Francis Lockwood was addressing the jury when the court adjourned.
When the Marquis of Queensberry was asked what he thought would be the verdict in Oscar Wilde's case he said:
"I am willing to forfeit 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 to-day as Oscar Wilde has of being found guilty."
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Saturday, May 25, 1895
LONDON, May 24. — The Marquis of Queensberry, in an interview, 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. You know I have carried my point, and that I have been praised by the best selected jury which ever sat in God or man's jury box. Consequently I do not care what else is now done to Wilde. 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 wouold be the verdict in Oscar Wilde's case he said:
"I am willing to forfeit 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 to-day as Oscar Wilde has of being found guilt."