Sydney Evening News - Friday, May 24, 1895
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SPECIAL EDITION.
LATE CABLES.
(From Evening News Correspondents.)
The London Scandal.
TRIAL OF
WILDE.
London, May 23.-- The trial of Oscar Wilde was continued at the Central Criminal Court to-day.
London, May 23. -- The trial of Oscar Wilde was continued at the Central Criminal Court to-day.
LONDON, Wednesday Night— The trial of Oscar Wilde and Taylor at the Central Criminal Court was concluded to-day.
LONDON, April 26 - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was begun in the central criminal court, Old Bailey, today.
LONDON, May 22. - The second trial of Oscar Wilde began in the central criminal court Old Bailey, this morning.
LONDON, May 22 - The second trial of Oscar Wilde began in the central criminal court Old Bailey, this morning.
LONDON, May 22. -- The second trial of Oscar Wilde began in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the defence, asked Mr. Justice Wills not to send the case arising out of the incident at the Savoy Hotel to the jurv.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the defence, asked Mr. Justice Wills not to send the case arising out of the incident at the Savoy Hotel to the jury.
Mr. Justice Wills said a sense of duty prevented him from withdrawing it. He, however, dismissed the count charging indecency between Wilde and Shelley on the ground that tho evidence lacked support, and that Shelley suffered from delusions. The evidence showed nothing but an unnatural friendship, and it had not been proved that it was otherwise than perfectly honorable.
Mr. Justice Wills said a sense of duty prevented him from with drawing it. He, however, dismissed the count charging indecency between Wilde and Shelley on the ground that the evidence lacked support, and that Shelley suffered from delusions. The evidence showed nothing but an unnatural friendship, and it had not been proved that it was otherwise than perfectly honorable.
Mr. Justice Wills said that a sense of duty prevented him from withdrawing that particular charge. He, however, dismissed the count which charged Wilde with indecency with Edward Shelley, a publisher's assistant, on the ground that the evidence lacked support, and that Shelley was subject to delusions. The judge said the evidence showed that nothing but an unnatural friendship existed, and it had not been proved that this friendship was otherwise than perfectly honorable.
The case referring to Shelley was afterwards withdrawn.
The case had not concluded when the court rose.