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Original paragraph in
The St. James's Gazette - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
The St. James's Gazette - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
The Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
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At the Old Bailey to-day, Oscar Wilde was again put upon his trial to answer indictments under Section 11 of the Criminal Law
Amendment Act. The presiding judge was Mr Justice Wills.
The Solicitor General (Sir F. Lockwood), Mr. C. F. Gill, and Mr. Horace Avory appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Treasury. Wilde
was represented by Sir Edward Clarke, Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. Travers Humphreys.
The Solicitor-General (Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C.), Mr. C. F.Gill, and Mr. Horace Avory conducted the prosecution; Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C.,
Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. Travers Humphreys defended.
Wilde, accompanied by the Rev. Stewart Headlam, arrived at half-past ten, immediately after which his lordship took his seat. The
court was crowded.
The jury having been sworn, the Solicitor General at once proceeded to open the case on behalf of the prosecution, giving at the
outset a sketch of the prisoner's career.