The Weekly Times - Saturday, June 1, 1895
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The London Scandal.
LONDON, May 22.
Before Mr Justice Wills, ath the Old Bailey to-day, the new trial of Oscar Wilde was commenced.
Before Mr Justice Wills, at the Old Bailey to-day, the new trial of Oscar Wilde was commenced.
Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C., the Solicitor-General, prosecuted for the Crown, and Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., appeared for the defence of the accused.
Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C., the Solicitor-General, prosecuted for the Crown, and Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., appeared for the defence of the accused.
Wilde, on surrendering to his bail this morning, looked haggard and ill.
At one stage during the hearing Wilde was completely overcome, and was permitted to leave the dock in order to recover himself.
At one stage during the hearing Wilde was completely overcome, and was permitted to leave the dock in order to recover himself.
The Marquis of Queensberry was in court all to-day.
Oscar Wilde is charged with specific offences with five different young men as follow:-
(1). Alfred Taylor, the keeper of the now notorious rooms in Little College street, Westminster, and who was convicted yesterday of an offence similar to that charged against Wilde; (2). Charles Parker, a valet out of place; (3). William Parker (brother of Charles Parker), a groom; (4) Alfred Woods, formerly a clerk; and (5) Edward Shelley, formerly employed by a firm of publishers, and described at the Queensberry trial as one who "had a great deal of taste and a great desire for culture, and in every way a gentleman."
Oscar Wilde is charged with specific acts of abominable and criminal indecency with five different young men as follow: —(1). Alfred Taylor, the keeper of the now notorious rooms in Little College street, Westminster, and who was convicted yesterday of an offence similar to that charged against Wilde; (2) Charles Parker, a valet out of place; (3) William Parker (brother of Charles Parker), a groom; (4) Alfred Woods, formerly a clerk; and (5) Edward Shelley, formerly employed by a firm of publishers, and described at the Queensberry trial as one who "had a great deal of taste and a great desire for culture, and in every way a gentleman."
The evidence taken to-day was for the most part a repetition of that given first at the Queensberry trial, and subsequently at the previous trial of Oscar Wilde.
The evidence taken to-day was for the most part a repetition of that given first at the Queensberry trial, and subsequently at the previous trial of Oscar Wilde.