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Original paragraph in
The Ottawa Citizen - Monday, May 27, 1895
The Ottawa Citizen - Monday, May 27, 1895
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The Sun - Sunday, May 26, 1895
The Sun - Sunday, May 26, 1895
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New York, May 26.- The Sun’s London cable says:- An Old Bailey jury, cautiously empanelled and as it seemed […] by the judge of the High
Court, has declared Oscar Wilde guilty of the abominable offences charged against him. Public opinion, which is often on the side of the accused and
almost invariably sympathetic in regard to any prisoner standing a second trial for the same crime, had from the first pronounced with nearly absolute
unanimity, that he was guilty of everything set forth in the indictment, and of much more. The country judged him out of how one mouth and so did the jury
to a large extent. Any other result would have been a disgrace to the intelligence of English jurymen and a crying shame upon British justice. It is
impossible, however, to conceal the fact that from the first the common people believed that Wilde would never be convicted. Instinctively they felt the
influence behind this
SHAMELESS FRIEND OF PRINCES
and nobles would prove too powerful for the ordinary judicial procedure. The police had placed the government in possession of names of
men of rank, wealth and fashion who undeniably shared in some of Wilde’s orgies and had collected evidence amply sufficient to place them in the criminal
dock with the hearty approval of all. But the Secretary of State took no step against them to vindicate the outraged morals or avenge flouted justice. The
passionate shout which went up from the nation when Wilde’s impudent action designed to stop the mouths of his accusers, ignobly collapsed, compelled the
government to take action against him and his […] accomplice, Taylor, but Lord Alfred Douglas and other men whose evidence would have made the case
against Wilde and others even more complete and irrefutable, were allowed to leave the country. They are still abroad, but doubtless they will return to
this country in a short time secure against punishment. Possibly it is as well, for Wilde’s conviction can scarcely fail to prove an effectual deterrent
for years to come and it will be to the public interest to let
THIS AWFUL SCANDAL
become forgotten. Honest men have from the first displayed an unusual, perhaps unchristian desire for conviction in this case. During
the first two or three days fierce and universal resentment has been spoken and shown at what appeared to the superficial observers almost collusion on
the part of the judge and the lawyers in order to save Wilde. But Justice Willis’ summing up, which unexpectedly proved to be a strictly judicial piece of
work, together with the solicitor general’s masterly speech and the common sense of a jury of plain citizens finally prevailed. Wilde was full of
confidence to the last so that the result was a staggering blow to him. Ho strove to say something but his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth and he
sank back in his chair a mental and physical wreck. The final scene was truly fittingly dramatic.
Honest men have from the first displayed unusual, perhaps unchristian eagerness for conviction in this case. During the last two or
three days fierce and universal resentment has been spoken and shown at what appeared to superficial observers almost collusion on the part of the Judge
and the lawyers in ordering to save Wilde. But Justice Willis’s is summing up, which unexpectedly proved to be a strictly judicial piece of work, together
with the Solicitor-General's masterly speech and the common sense of a jury of plain citizens, finally prevailed.