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The Boston Daily Advertiser - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
The Boston Daily Advertiser - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
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The New York Times - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
The New York Times - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
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London, Apr. 30. -- At today's trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor Counsellor Gill intimated that the prosecution withdrew the
charges of conspiracy. The court said that after the evidence which had been given the counts charging conspiracy were needless.
Sir Edward Clarke said: "Then I ask for a verdict of not guilty on those counts." The court refused to consent to such a verdict,
saying that he would simply accede to the application of Mr. Gill to have the charges of conspiracy withdrawn.
The court refused to consent to such a verdict, saying that he would simply accede to the application of Mr. Gill to have the charges
of conspiracy withdrawn.
Sir Edward Clarke then addressed the jury for the defence. He cited Wilde's literary works, and argued that in no instance had his
client written anything that would lead any one to suppose him guilty of the practices alleged. Sir Edward explained the ending of the Queensberry trial,
saying that Wilde's counsel were entirely responsible for its abrupt termination. It became clear, he said, that the jury would not convict Lord
Queensberry, and he, therefore, advised Wilde to accept a verdict against himself.
Wilde was called to the witness stand. He swore that the evidence he had given at the Queensberry trial was absolutely true. He
repeated this testimony upon cross-examination without variation.
Wilde said he had nothing to do with publishing Lord Alfred Douglas's poems, nor had he anything to do with the publication of his
articles in the Chameleon. Asked to define Lord Alfred's expression "I am the love that dare not speak its name," Wilde said he thought it meant spiritual
love, as pure as it was perfect. Wilde proceeded to enlarge upon the subject and became so eloquent as to provoke a burst of applause, causing the judge
to threaten to clear the court unless silence was observed.
Alfred Taylor, co-defendant with Wilde, was called to the stand and told of his career. He was educated at Marlborough College, he
said, and becanme an officer in the militia, but abandoned military life upon coming into an inheritance of £45,000. He absolutely denied the charges
against him.
Alfred Taylor was called to the stand. He was educated at Marlborough College, he said, and became an officer in the militia, but
abandoned military life upon coming into an inheritance of £45,000. He denied the charges against him.