The Herald - Tuesday, June 18, 1895
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OSCAR WILDE.
ATTEMPT AT RESCUE
ON A TECHNICAL POINT.
APPLICATION DISMISSED.
LONDON, Monday
Night.
In the High Court of Justice to-day an attempt was made to have quashed the conviction of Oscar Wilde, the well-known dramatic author, who was lately sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor for an abominable offence.
In the High Court of Justice to-day an attempt was made to have quashed the conviction of Oscar Wilde, the wellknown dramatic author, who was lately sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labor for an abominable offence.
The application to set aside the conviction was based wholly upon a technical point in regard to the procedure at the second trial.
The application to set aside the conviction was based wholly upon a technical point in regard to the procedure at the second trial.
The arguments advanced by Wilde's counsel did not recommend themselves to the Court, and the application was consequently dismissed.
The arguments advanced by Wilde's counsel did not recommend themselves to the Court, and the application was consequently dismissed.