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Original paragraph in
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Thursday, April 4, 1895
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Thursday, April 4, 1895
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The Australian Star - Thursday, May 2, 1895
The Australian Star - Thursday, May 2, 1895
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London, April 4– The prosecution in the libel suit brought by Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry was concluded to-day,
after Wilde has been under cross examination yesterday and to-day altogether for six hours. He was briefly put under the redirect by his counsel before
resting his case. In opening for the defense, Mr. Carson, counsel for the marquis, bitterly arraigned Wilde and stated the nature of the defense which
will be an attempt to prove the charges which Queensberry made in the libel alleged. Most of the London papers are printing the testimony of the suit
almost verbatim. The St. James Gazette is an exception and had taken a stand editorially against such publication.
During the course of his remarks in opening the defense, Mr. Carson alluded in complimentary terms in the course of Mr. Beerbohm Tree
in forwarding to the plaintiff a copy of the anonymous letter handed to the English actor, whereupon Justice Collins said: "There is no occasion to
mention the name of Mr. Beerbohn Tree."
Mr. Carson, in reply, remarked, "Nor should I do so, my lord, had it not been that I received a cable message from Mr. Tree to-day,
asking that his connection with the case be fully explained."
Carson, in reply, remarked: "Nor should I do so, my Lord, had it not been that I received a cable message from him to-day asking that
his connection with the case be fully explained."
"Every one understands that Mr. Tree’s connection with the case is in every way honorable and praiseworthy." said the justice, in
conclusion.
"Everyone understands Mr. Tree's connection with the case. It is in every way honorable and praiseworthy," said the justice in
conclusion.
Wilde returned to the court room for a few minutes before adjournment. Among the letter produced in court and addressed by the Marquis
of Queensberry to his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, was one saying that Wilde was "a cur and a coward." Such was the interest taken in the proceedings that
the services of an extra force of police were required outside the Old Bailey in order to disperse the large crowds which assembled in the neighborhoood
in order to see the principals in this notorious case.