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Original paragraph in
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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The San Francisco Call - Sunday, May 26, 1895
The San Francisco Call - Sunday, May 26, 1895
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London, May 25– The WIlde case was continued to-day. During the address of Justice Wills to the jury, the foreman asked whether, in
view of the intimacy between Lord Alfred Douglas and Alfred Wood, one of the men whose name has been brought prominently into the case, a warrant for Lord
Alfred’s arrest had ever been issued. The judge replied that he thought not.
During the address of Justice Wills to the jury the foreman asked whether, in view of the intimacy between Lord Alfred Douglass and
Alfred Wood, one of the men whose name has been brought prominently into the case, a warrant for Lord Alfred's arrest had ever been issued. The Judge
replied that he thought not.
The foreman then asked if it had ever been contemplated to issue a warrant for the arrest of Lord Alfred Douglas. To this the judge
replied that he could not say, and the court adjourned for lunch.
When the court reassembled for business the judge said the suspicion that Lord Alfred Douglas would be spared, if guilty, simply
because he was Lord Alfred Douglas, was a wild idea and a matter which they could not discuss. Th present inquiry was as to whether the man in the dock
was guilty or not.
The foreman then asked if it had ever been thought of. To this the Judge replied he could not say. He added that the suspicion that
Lord Alfred Douglass would be spared if guilty simply because he was Lord Alfred Douglass was a wild idea and a matter which they could not discuss. The
present inquiry was as to whether the man in the dock was guilty.
Justice Wills began summing up at 1:30 P. M. THe general tenor of his address to the jury was favorable to Wilde.
The jury retired at 3:30 P. M. and returned to the court room at 5:30. A verdict of guilty was announced.
Sentence was then imposed on Wilde, two years’ imprisonment at hard labor being the penalty inflicted upon him.
Alfred Taylor, Wilde’s associate, was also sentenced to-day to two years’ imprisonment.