The Herald - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
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OUR CABLES.
HERALD SPECIAL SERVICE.
THE LONDON SCANDAL.
TAYLOR IS CONVICTED.
JURY DISAGREE ON ONE
CHARGE.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL WITHDRAWS
IT.
REMANDED FOR SENTENCE.
LONDON. Tuesday Night.
A further stage was reached to-day in connection with the criminal prosecution arising out of disclosures made at the trial of the Marquis of Queensberry, who was vainly prosecuted by the well-known dramatic author, Oscar Wilde, for alleged criminal libel.
At the Old Bailey the trial of Alfred Taylor, with whom Wilde has had a now notorious association, was resumed before Mr Justice Wills.
At the Old Bailey the trial of Alfred Taylor, with whom Wilde has had a now notorious association, was resumed before Mr Justice Wills.
Taylor was charged, under the 11th section of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, with the commission of abominable offences and on his first trial at the beginning of the month the jury were unable to agree.
There were two charges in the indictment against him at the second trial, which was opened yesterday, and finished this evening.
There were two charges in the indictment against him at the second trial, which was opened yesterday, and finished this evening.
The first charge was that of procuring the commission of an offence on the part of Oscar Wilde and the young valet, Charles Parker. The second was that of himself committing abominable offences with Charles Parker and that person's brother, a groom named William Parker.
The first charge was that of procuring the commission of an offence on the part of Oscar Wilde and the young valet, Charles Parker. The second was that of himself committing abominable offences with Charles Parker and that person's brother, a groom named William Parker.
The jury were unable to agree in regard to the first charge, but found Taylor guilty on the second.
Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C, the Solicitor-General, who appeared to prosecute, announced that the Crown would not, in view of Taylor having been convicted on the second charge, persist with the first.
Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C., the Solicitor General who appeared to prosecute, [an]nounced that the Crown would not, in view of Taylor having been convicted on the second charge, persist with the first.
The jury were then discharged and Taylor remanded for sentence.