The Daily Telegraph - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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OUR SPECIAL
CABLES.
THE TRIAL OF OSCAR
WILDE.
ONE COUNT WITHDRAWN.
AN UNNATURAL
FRIENDSHIP.
LONDON. Thursday, 1 p.m.— The evidence which is being given at the trial of Oscar Wilde is identical with that given previously, and has not been shaken in any respect.
LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m.— The evidence which is being given at the trial of Oscar Wilde is identical with that given previously, and has not been shaken in any respect.
(This message appeared in a second edition yesterday.)
LONDON. Thursday Night.—At the trial of Oscar Wilde at the Central Criminal Court to-day Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., who appears for the accused, asked Mr. Justice Wills not to send the case arising out of an incident at the Savoy Hotel to the jury.
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.
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.