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The Sun - Friday, May 3, 1895
The Sun - Friday, May 3, 1895
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Quebec Morning Chronicle - Friday, May 3, 1895
Quebec Morning Chronicle - Friday, May 3, 1895
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LONDON, May 2. - The counsel for Oscar Wilde will to-morrow make application before Baron Pollock, in the Queen’s Bench Division of the
High Court of Justice, for the admission of Wilde to bail, pending the retrial of his case. Hitherto it has been the practice to grant applications for
bail in all cases of misdemeanor, but the matter rests solely upon the discretion of the court. The next session of the Old Bailey Court will begin on May
20.
The disagreement of the jury in the Wilde case caused much surprise in London. Several newspapers incline to the opinion that Wilde’s
speech, which elicited applause in the Court room, may have saved him from a verdict of guilty. Counsel for Oscar Wilde will tomorrow make application
before Baron Pollock, in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, for the admission of Wilde to bail, pending the trial of his case.
Hitherto it has been the practice to grant applications for bail in all cases of misdemeanor, but the matter rests solely upon the discretion of the
Court. The next session of Old Bailey Court will begin on May 20.
Although Oscar Wilde's fine collection of prints, Morrish poetry, bric-à-brac, &., has been sold at auction, no receiving order in
bankruptcy against him has yet been applied for.