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The Winnipeg Daily Tribune - Friday, April 5, 1895
The Winnipeg Daily Tribune - Friday, April 5, 1895
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The World - Friday, April 5, 1895
The World - Friday, April 5, 1895
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London, April 5 — The suit of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry came to a sudden and unexpected termination today.
Sir Edward Clark, leading council for the plaintiff, asked for permission on behalf of his client, to withdraw the suit and submit to a
verdict of not guilty in regard to the words, "posing as a —, " written by the Marquis of Queensberry on a card left by the Marquis at the Albemarle club
for Wilde on February 18, and which card formed the outward basis of the suit.
Sir Edward Clark, formerly Solicitor-General, leading counsel for Oscar Wilde asked permission on behalf of his client to withdraw the
suit and submit to a verdict announcing the Marquis not guilty in regard to the words "posing as a --," written by the Marquis of Queensberry on a card
which was left for Wilde by the Marquis at the Albemarle Club on Feb. 18, and which was handed to the latter by a porter, Sidney Wright, on Feb. 28, and
which formed the outward basis of the suit.
The jury, under instructions from Justice Collins, returned verdict of not guilty, coupled with a statement that the justification set
up as the defense by the Marquis of Queensberry was true in substance and in fact, and that the statement complained of was published for the public good.
The verdict was received with loud applause which was not checked by the presiding justice, and the marquis was discharged from custody, and surrounded by
his friends. Shortly afterwards it was announced that a warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde was to be applied for, all the papers in the case having
been submitted to the public prosecutor.