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Original paragraph in
The Otago Daily Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
The Otago Daily Times - Friday, May 24, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Otago Witness - Thursday, May 30, 1895
The Otago Witness - Thursday, May 30, 1895
Difference
London, May 22.
Oscar Wilde is being retired to-day before a fresh jury.
Oscar Wilde is being retried to-day before a fresh jury.
Wilde is being tried on a charge of indecency in conjunction with Taylor, Woods, and Shelley. The Marquis of Queensberry is attending
the trial.
Wilde is being tried on a charge of indecency in conjunction with Taylor, Woods, and Shelley. The Marquis of Queensberry is attending
the trial.
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. The Marquis of Queensberry cried out that he was anxious to renew the fight for
L10,000, and, addressing the crowd, said he disowned his son. Both defendants were bound over in sureties of L500 to keep the peace.
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. The Marquis of Queensberry cried out that he was anxious to renew the fight for
L10,000, and, addressing the crowd, said he disowned his son. Both defendants were bound over in sureties of L500 each to keep the peace.