The Age - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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THE WILDE SCANDAL.
PROGRESS OF THE RE-
HEARING.
LONDON, 23RD MAY.
During the re-hearing of the charges against Oscar Wilde to-day, Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., on behalf of the accused, asked the presiding judge, Mr. Justice Wills, not to send to the jury the charge which was based on alleged occurrences at the Savoy Hotel.
Mr. Justice Wills said that a sense of duty prevented him withdrawing this count from the consideration of the jury. He, however, determined to dismiss the count of indecency between Wilde and Shelley, the young man who was employed as an assistant publisher to a well known firm, on the ground that the evidence lacked support, and it had been shown that Shelley suffered from delusions.
Mr. Justice Wills said that a sense of duty prevented him withdrawing this count from the consideration of the jury. He, however, determined to dismiss the count of indecency between Wilde and Shelley, on the ground that the evidence lacked support and it had been shown that Shelley suffered from delusions.
His lordship said that there was nothing unnatural in the friendship between Wilde and Shelley, and it had not been proved to be otherwise than perfectly honorable.
His lordship said that there was nothing unnatural in the friendship between Wilde and Shelley, and it had not been proved to be otherwise than perfectly honorable.