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The Argus - Friday, May 3, 1895
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The case against Oscar Wilde and Taylor was resumed this morning, the address of the council for the accused having been concluded yesterday.
The presiding Judge, Sir Arthur Charles, summed up in favour of the accused, and laid emphasis on the fact that several of the witnesses for the prosecution were undoubted blackmailers.
Mr. Justice Charles, in his summing up to the jury, was on the whole favourable to the prisoners. He dwelt emphatically on the fact that several of the witnesses for the prosecution were undoubted blackmailers.
After deliberating for some time the jury announced that they were unable to agree, and they were thereupon discharged.
The jury, after being locked up for some time, came into court and announced that they were unable to agree on a verdict. They were accordingly discharged.
The accused will be re-tried, and meantime they were remanded to gaol, bail being refused.