The Herald - Thursday, May 2, 1895
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OUR CABLES.
HERALD SPECIAL SERVICE.
THE LONDON HORROR.
OSCAR WILDE'S TRIAL.
THE JURY DISAGREE.
THEY ARE DISCHARGED.
ACCUSED REMANDED.
WILDE ASKS FOR BAIL.
HE IS REFUSED.
LONDON. Wednesday Night.
The trial of Oscar Wilde, the author and dramatist, on a charge of abominable conduct, involving a misdemeanor, which has extended over five days, terminated at the Old Bailey this afternoon.
The trial of Oscar Wilde, the author and dramatist, on a charge of abominable conduct, involving a misdemeanor, which has extended over five days, terminated at the Old Bailey this afternoon.
The jury were unable to agree upon a verdict, and were consequently discharged.
The jury were unable to agree upon a verdict, and were consequently discharged.
The jury were unable to agree upon a verdict, and were discharged.
A fresh jury will be empanelled to try the case against Wilde, who was remanded.
A fresh jury will be empannelled to try the case against Wilde, who was remanded.
Application was made to the Court by the counsel for the accused to allow of his release on bail, but this was refused.
Application was made to the Court by the counsel for the accused to allow of his release on bail, but this was refused.
The accused was removed in custody.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
THE JUDGE'S CHARGE.
TAKES THREE HOURS.
THE JURY RETIRE.
FOUR HOURS'
DELIBERATION.
NOT GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY.
DISAGREE ON OTHER COUNTS.
LONDON. Wednesday Night.
The presiding judge at the trial of Oscar Wilde and his alleged accomplice, Taylor, at the Old Bailey to-day, occupied fully three hours in his summing-up of the case.
His Lordship told the jury that they were not entitled to confound Oscar Wilde with any of the characters described in his (prisoner's) literary works. The evidence of the witnesses called in such a case would be useless without corroboration, because really these witnesses figured largely as accomplices. But although some of the witnesses were painly persons of the vilest character, legally he had to tell the jury the corroboration existed in the case presented by the Crown. They were entitled to remember Oscar Wilde's great intellectual gifts in considering the reasonableness of the evidence given, and the probabilities of the case generally. Yet if they believed that he was guilty of the practices alleged against him it was their duty to fearlessly declare it. On the other hand, it devolved upon them, if they thought otherwise, to just as fearlessly protect an innocent man.
The jury were absent for a period of four hours, and the greatest interest was displayed by the large crowds in and around the Court in their deliberations.
On returning into Court the foreman announced that the jury had found the accused Wilde and Taylor not guilty of the alleged conspiracy to attempt to procure acts of gross indecency with three persons named Atkin, Wood and Mayor. In regard to the rest of the indictment they were unable to agree, nor were they likely to come to a determination.
The jury were then discharged.
The accused will be re-tried next session, and, meanwhile, they have to remain in gaol.