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Original paragraph in
New Zealand Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
New Zealand Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Poverty Bay Herald - Thursday, May 23, 1895
The Poverty Bay Herald - Thursday, May 23, 1895
Difference
London, May 22.
Oscar Wilde is being re-tried to-day before a new jury.
Wilde is being tried on the charge of indecency with Taylor, Parker, Woods and Shelly.
The Marquis of Queensberry is attending the trial.
It was not Lord Alfred Douglas, but Lord Douglas of Hawick, who quarrelled with his father the Marquis of Queensberry, in Piccadilly.
Lord Douglas accused his father of sending insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he was one of Wilde's sureties. Lord Queensberry
shouted out that he was anxious to renew the fight for £10,000; and addressing the crowd he said be disowned his son.
May 22.—It was not Lord Alfred Douglas but Lord Douglas of Hawick, with whom the quarrel occurred. The latter accused his father of
sending insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he was one of Wilde's sureties. Lord Queensberry shouted out he was anxious to renew the fight for
£10,000. Addressing the crowd he said he disowned his son.
Both the disputants were bound over, in sureties of £500 each, to keep the peace.
Both were bound over in sureties of £50 each to keep the peace.