The Daily Colonist - Saturday, April 6, 1895
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OLD WORLD AFFAIRS
The jury to-day found the Marquis of Queensbury not guilty of libel, and further declared the charges against Oscar Wilde to be true and made for the public good. Wilde was taken to a cell in the Bow street station after the charge indicated by his testimony in court was read to him. Mr. W. A. Alexander, of St. James' theatre, said that "The Importance of Being Earnest" would be kept on the stage pending the public verdict. It is reported that the Criterion, to which "An Ideal Husband" was to be transferred from the Haymarket, has decided to put the play on its stage.
London, April 6.- Oscar Wilde was taken to a cell in the Bow street station after the charge indicated by his testimony in court was read to him. Mr. Alexander, of the St. James' Theatre, said that The Importance of Being Earnest would be kept on the stage pending the public verdict. It is reported that the Criterion, to which An Ideal Husband was to be transferred from the Haymarket, has decided to put the play on its stage.