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The Australasian - Saturday, May 4, 1895
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Taylor swore that he was absolutely innocent of the charge brought against him.
Taylor also went into the witness-box, and swore that he was absolutely innocent of the charges brought against him.
Edward Clarke, counsel for accused, made an eloquent address to the jury, in which he claimed an acquittal on the ground that the chief witness for the prosecution was a man of questionable reputation.
May 1.—The jury in the Wilde and Taylor case disagreed, and were discharged.