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New York Herald - Tuesday, May 21, 1895
New York Herald - Tuesday, May 21, 1895
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The Boston Daily Advertiser - Tuesday, May 21, 1895
The Boston Daily Advertiser - Tuesday, May 21, 1895
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LONDON, May 20 1895. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor were arraigned in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning for retrial.
Wilde was accompanied by his sureties, Lord Douglas of Hawick and the Rev. Stewart Headlam, and entered the dock smilingly. He is obviously very much
improved in health, and spirits as well.
London, May 20. -- Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor were arraigned in the central criminal court, Old Bailey, this morning for retrial.
Wilde was accompanied by his sureties. Lord Douglas of Hawick and the Rev. Stewart Headlam, and entered the dock smilingly. He is obviously very much
improved in health and spirits as well. Sir Edward Clarke asked for a separate trial for Wilde, on the ground that the indictment against him differed
from that against Taylor.
Sir Edward Clarke asked for a separate trial for Wilde on the ground that the indictment against him differed from that against Taylor.
The Court granted Wilde a separate trial. Then Sir Edward Clarke urged that Wilde be tried first.
The Judge said he h|ped that it would not make the least difference which of the prisoners was tried first, fHe and the jury, he said,
would do their best to see that the interests of neither were prejudiced.
The judge said he hoped that it would not make the least difference which of the prisoners was tried first. He and the jury, he said,
would do their best to see that the interests of either were not prejudiced.
A VERY DIFFICULT CASE
Sir Edward Clarke said he had never known a case more difficult than Wilde's. Unless Wilde was tried first he must ask that the case be
postponed until the next sessions and his client be release under bail in the meantime. The Judge said in regard to postponing Wilde's trial until the
next sessions that he would wait and see the result of Taylor's case.
Sir Edward Clarke said he had never known a case more difficult than Wilde's. Unless Wilde was tried first he must ask that the case
he postponed until the next session and his client released under bail in the meantime. The judge said in regard to postponing Wilde's that until the next
sessions that he would wait and see the result of Taylor's case.
Wilde was released on bail, his former sureties being renewed, until the conclusion of Taylor's trial.
When the case against Taylor proceeded Charles and William Parker, the brothers who gave evidence at the first trial, were again called
as witnesses, and repeated the testimony they gave before, except that the cross-examination to which they were subjected elicited from them further
admissions as to their blackmailing practices.