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The St. James's Gazette - Friday, August 23, 1895
The St. James's Gazette - Friday, August 23, 1895
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The Standard - Friday, August 23, 1895
The Standard - Friday, August 23, 1895
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At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday morning, the particulars were issued by the Official Receiver in the case of Oscar Wilde. The
receiving order was made upon the petition of the Marquess of Queensberry, and the debtor attributes his insolvency to the failure of legal proceedings
taken by him against the petitioning creditor and to his arrest and conviction in the recent trial. He has stated to the Official Receiver that he is a
dramatist, and that his income, which he estimates at £2,000 a year, had been chiefly, if not entirely, derived from royalties received on plays and
literary work. The accounts which have been filed show unsecured debts £2,676, and debts partly secured £915, the creditors holding a policy on the
debtor's life and charges on the dramatic rights in certain plays, the value of such securities being unknown. A deficiency of £3,591 is disclosed. From
the figures furnished in the deficiency account it appears that the debtor has been insolvent for at least two years and that his expenditure has been
considerably in excess of his income. Of the unsecured indebtedness expected to rank, sums amounting to £2,514 appear to be for money lent, £677 for law
costs, and £233 for tobacco, wine, jewellery, flowers, etc. The household furniture and effects of the debtor appear to have been sold by the sheriff
during April last.
Under the failure of Oscar F. O'Flaherty W. Wilde, late of Tite-street, Chelsea, and now of her Majesty's Prison, Wandsworth, the usual
summary and particulars were issued. The receiving order was made upon the petition of the Marquess of Queensberry, and the Debtor attributes his
insolvency to the failure qf legal proceedings taken by him against the petitioning Creditor, and to his arrest and conviction in the recent trial of
"Regina v. Wilde." He has stated to the Official Receiver that he is a writer and dramatist, and that his income, which he estimates at 2000l. a
year, has been chiefly, it not entirely, derived from royalties received on plays and literary works written by him. The accounts, which have been filed,
show unsecured debts 2676l., and debts partly secured 915l., the Creditors holding a policy on the Debtor's life and charges on the dramatic
rights, &c, in certain plays, the value of such securities being unknown, The Debtor has been insolvent for at least two years, and his expenditure
has been considerably in excess of his income. Of the unsecured indebtedness expected to rank, sums amounting to 2514l. appear to be for money
lent, 677l. for law costs, and 255l. for tobacco, wine, jewellery, flowers, &c. The Debtor states that he has a life interest in certain
funds under an ante-nuptial settlement in the event of his surviving his wife.