The Inquirer and Commercial News - Friday, April 12, 1895
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THE WILDE-QUEENSBERRY
CASE.
THE EVIDENCE FOR THE
DEFENCE.
THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE BREAKS
DOWN.
A VERDICT FOR THE MARQUIS
ARREST OF WILDE.
The case brought by Mr. Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry came to an unexpected termination yesterday. The case for the defence disclosed that the Marquis had obtained proof that the intimacy between Lord Alfred Douglas and Mr. Wilde was not of a desirable character and he remonstrated with his son. The Marquis said if the statement was true, he would shoot Mr. Wilde without any hesitation. After evidence had been given in support of the opening statement, Wilde's solicitor threw up his brief, and the jury at once returned a verdict of "Not guilty" adding a rider to the effect that the Marquis's action was taken in the public interest.
Mr. Wilde has since been arrested on a Treasury warrant. There is great excitement in London over the case and at the Theatres last night Mr. Wilde's name was removed from those play-bills in which it previously figured.