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Original paragraph in
The Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday, April 8, 1895
The Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday, April 8, 1895
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London Star - Monday, April 8, 1895
London Star - Monday, April 8, 1895
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The Press Association has authority for stating with reference to Mr. Oscar Wilde's defence that Sir Edward Clarke wrote early on
Saturday to Mr. Humphreys saying that, having regard to the events of Friday, he thought it right to say that if Mr. Oscar Wilde desired that he should
defend him on his trial he would do so, and that for services so offered he, of course, would not accept any fee. Mr. Humphreys has replied stating that
Mr. Oscar Wilde gratefully accepts the offer.
A rumour was prevalent at the Law Courts this morning that Wilde's advisers intended to make an application to a judge in Chambers to
grant bail. No notice has yet been given of their intention to take this course, nor is it likely that it will be followed. In the case of Oscar it is not
yet certain whether the charge ultimately preferred against him is to be one of misdemeanor or felony, and, until the close of the magisterial
proceedings, it is certain that no such application as rumoured will be granted, nor is it likely to be made.
A rumor was prevalent at the Law Courts this morning that Mr. Oscar Wilde's advisers intended to make an application to a judge in
chambers to grant bail. No notice has yet been given, a Star man hears, of their intention to take this course, nor is it likely that it will be followed.
While a charge is in process of hearing by a magistrate, a judge in chambers will never interfere by directing the magistrate to grant vail. The reason
for this is obvious; there may be other charges in reserve, other witnesses whom it is desired to find. In the case of Mr. Oscar Wilde, it is not yet
certain whether the charge ultimately preferred against him is to be one of misdemeanor or felony, and until this close of the magisterial proceeding it
is certain that no such application as rumored will be granted, nor is likely to be made.