The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry on a charge of criminally libelling Mr. Oscar Wilde, the celebrated dramatist and litterateur, was commenced before a jury to-day.
THE trial of the Marquis of Queensberry on a charge of having criminally libelled Mr. Oscar Wilde, the dramatist and poet, was begun in London on Wednesday.
The Marquis pleaded that the alleged libel, which was contained in a postcard addressed to Mr. Oscar Wilde at the Albemarle Club, was justified, and was made for the public benefit.