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Original paragraph in
The Australian Star - Saturday, April 6, 1895
The Australian Star - Saturday, April 6, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Argus - Saturday, April 6, 1895
The Argus - Saturday, April 6, 1895
Difference
Oscar Wilde hurriedly left the court while counsel for the Marquis of Queensberry was justifying the plea that he was a grossly immoral
man.
The verdict of not guilty was received by the spectators in court with loud cheers.
The notes of the evidence taken at the case have been forwarded to the Public Prosecutor with a view to Oscar Wilde's arrest.
When the Marquis of Queensberry wrote to his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, commanding him to discontinue his intimacy with Oscar Wilde, Lord
Alfred replied by wire: "What a funny little man you are!"
Oscar Wilde says he was regardless of the social inferiority of his guests if they were amusing.
The libel action brought by Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry has resulted in the acquittal of the accused.
The jury expressed the belief that the alleged libel had been written in the public interests.
It is expected that the next step in the sensational case will be the arrest of Oscar Wilde.
The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry, charged with criminally libelling Oscar Wilde, is creating the greatest interest in London.
The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry on the charge of criminally libelling Mr. Oscar Wilde was resumed this morning, and came to a
speedy termination.
"You are the divine thing I want," wrote Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas. In the witness-box he explained that this was "the natural
expression of an artist to a beautiful personality."
Extract from a letter written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas:— "Those red roseleaf lips of yours were made no less for the music
of song than for the madness of kissing."