The Herald - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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OUR CABLES.
HERALD SPECIAL SERVICE.
OSCAR WILDE,
HIS SECOND TRIAL.
THE PRISONER'S EVIDENCE.
DENIES ALL CHARGES.
TRIAL NOT FINISHED.
LONDON, Friday Night.
The trial of Oscar Wilde was continued to-day at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Wills.
The trial of Oscar Wilde was continued to-day at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Wills.
The trial of Oscar Wilde on charges of indecency was concluded at the Old Bailey last evening, before Mr Justice Wills.
London, Saturday.The trail of Oscar Wilde was concluded at the Old Bailey on Saturday before Mr Justice Wills.
The trial of Alfred Taylor, the associate of Oscar Wilde, was continued to-day at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Wills.
The trial of Alfred Taylor, the associate of Oscar Wilde, was continued to-day at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Wills.
The new trial of Oscar Wilde and Taylor will be taken at Bow street on Monday before Mr Justice Wells.
The trial of Mr Oscar Wilde was resumed at the Old Bailey, London, yesterday.
LONDON, ENG., May 22. -- The second trial of Oscar Wilde was began to-day in the Old Bailey Court before Justice Wills.
The great public interest displayed in the proceedings on the two previous days was fully maintained, and the Court and its precincts were crowded.
The great public interest displayed in the proceedings on the two previous days was fully maintained, and the Court and its precincts were crowded.
There was an expectation that the case would be concluded, and the verdict of the jury pronounced to-day, but that expectation was not fulfilled, the case being still unfinished when the Court adjourned until to-morrow.
The prisoner elected to go into the witness box himself, and denied on oath all the charges brought against him. He declared that he was the victim of the machinations of blackmailers.
The prisoner elected to go into the witness box himself, and denied on oath all the charges brought against him. He declared that he was the victim of the machinations of blackmailers.
Wilde further stated that he had always understood Taylor to be a respectable man. The extraordinary friendship which he had contracted with Taylor and his associates was, the prisoner explained, due to the fact that he (Wilde) personally liked praise. "Lionising and being lionised were delightful," he said.
Wilde further stated that he had always understood Taylor to be a respectable man. The extraordinary friendship which he had contracted with Taylor and his associates was, the prisoner explained, due to the fact that he (Wilde) personally liked praise. "Lionising and being lionised were delightful," he said.
The accused was very weak and ill in appearance, and at the request of his counsel was accommodated with a seat in the witness-box.
The accused was very weak and ill in appearance, and at the request of his counsel was accommodated with a seat in the witness-box.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., then addressed the jury for the defence. He urged that the witnesses for the Crown were nothing more than blackmailers, and as such quite disentitled to belief. It was impossible, he urged, that the jury could accept their stories, and blast the character of an admittedly indiscreet, but not the less innocent man. The trial, he declared, was apparently an act of indemnity for all the blackmailers in London. Those who had given evidence for the Crown had been fed and clothed by the Crown and the Marquis of Queensberry. If their evidence were accepted, blackmail would be more deadly than ever. The accused had for the third time been assailed by tainted witnesses, and had given his replies in the witness-box in a candid and lucid manner. He asked the jury to believe Wilde, and declare him innocent of the vile charges made against him.
Sir F. Lockwood, the Solicitor-General, in his address, said that in the Queensberry trial the downfall of Oscar Wilde's reputation took place. The prisoner had actually admitted as true what he had first complained of as a libel. And that amounted in substance to an admission of the truth of the present charges.
Sir F. Lockwood, the Solicitor-General, in his address, said that in the Queensberry trial the downfall of Oscar Wilde's reputation took place. The prisoner had actually admitted as true what he had first complained of as a libel. And that amounted in substance to an admission of the truth of the present charges.
The Court then adjourned until to-morrow.