London Daily News - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Wills.)
THE CHARGES AGAINST OSCAR WILDE.—
Oscar Wilde, 40, again surrendered to his bail to answer various grave offences under the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The Solicitor-General (Sir F. Lockwood, Q.C.), Mr. C.F. Gill, and Mr. H. Avory prosecuted on behalf of the Public Prosecutor, and the accused was defended by Sir Edwaard Clarke, Q.C., Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. Travers Humphreys. Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., having opened the case for the defence, the accused was called as a witness and gave a general denial to the accusations. In cross-examination by the Solicitor-General he adhered to the explanations which he had given of his action in the previous trials.—Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., then addressed the jury for the defence, urging that the prosecution had failed and that Wilde was the victim of a conspiracy on the part of a gang of blackmailers who had long infested London.—The Solicitor-General then proceeded to reply upon the whole case and had not concluded his address when the Court rose.