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Original paragraph in
The Hawke's Bay Herald - Tuesday, May 28, 1895
The Hawke's Bay Herald - Tuesday, May 28, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Press - Monday, May 27, 1895
The Press - Monday, May 27, 1895
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At the trial of Oscar Wilde the Judge said he was of opinion that Shelley suffered from delusions, and that there was nothing unnatural
in his friendship with accused. The evidence did not prove otherwise than that the friendship was perfectly honorable. In his evidence Wilde denied in
toto all the charges made against him.
At the trial of Oscar Wilde the Judge said that he was of opinion that Shelley suffered from delusions, and that there was nothing
unnatural in his friendship with the accused. The evidence, too, he said, did not prove otherwise than that the friendship was perfectly honourable. The
evidence adduced, which is identical with that of the former trial, remains unshaken. In his evidence Wilde denied in toto the charges made against him.
Wilde after being sentence appeared quite dazed and horror-stricken. In his despair he weakly muttered a request to be permitted to
address the Court, but this was unheeded, and the warders hurried him off to his cell. During the trial Wilde, who appeared to be suffering from weakness,
was allowed to remain seated in the witness-box while giving evidence on his own behalf. He said he always understood Taylor to be a respectable man, and,
referring to his association with him, said the reason for the friendship was because he personally liked praise, and lionising was delightful to him. Sir
Edward Clarke, Q.C., counsel for the accused, declared that the witnesses for the prosecution were blackmailers, and that it was impossible to believe
them. The jury asked whether it was intended to arrest Lord Alfred Douglas. The Judge replied that he was not aware of the intention of the police, but in
any case it did not affect the present trial. The jury thought that if Wilde's letters showed him to be guilty, the guilt applied equally to Lord Alfred
Douglas. His Honor concurred in this opinion, but added that the suspicion of the jury that the son of the Marquis of Queensberry was being allowed to
escape owing to his connections was both unfounded and impossible.