The Ottawa Citizen - Monday, April 8, 1895
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OSCAR WILDE’S CASE.
Likely to be Sentences to Ten Years Life Servitude.
New York, April 7.- The World's London correspondent says: If Oscar Wilde’s indifference during the revelations in court to-day were assumed it was an excellent piece of acting. It seems certain that he will be convicted. The minimum penalty for the offense with which he is charged is ten years’ imprisonment, the maximum punishment is penal servitude for life. There will be a demand for an exemplary sentence as public sentiment is aroused against the group to which he belongs. Other prosecutions may follow. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Wilde, who is a very estimable woman, and for his two beautiful children. A singular feature of English law is that even if her husband is convicted and sentenced to penal servitude Mrs. Wilde cannot get a divorce on either ground.
NEW YORK, April 7. - The World’s London cable says:— "If Oscar Wilde's indifference during the revelations in court to-day was assumed it was an excellent piece of acting. It seems certain that he will be convicted. The minimum penally for the offence with which he is charged Is ten years' imprisonment; the maximum punishment is penal servitude for life. There will be a demand for an exemplary sentence as public sentiment is aroused against the group to which he belongs. Other persecutions may follow. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Wilde, who is a very estimable woman and for his two beautiful children. A singular feature of English law is that even if her husband is convicted and sentenced to penal servitude Mrs. Wilde cannot get a divorce on either ground."
The World’s London special says:— If Oscar Wilde’s indifference during the revelations in Court today was assumed, it was an excellence piece of acting. It seems certain that he will be convicted. The minimum penalty for the offence with which he is charged is ten years’ imprisonment, the maximum punishment is penal servitude for life. There will be a demand for an exemplary sentence, as public sentiment is aroused against the group to which he belongs. Other prosecutions may follow. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Wilde, who is a very estimable woman, and for his two beautiful children. A singular feature of English law is that even if her husband is convicted and sentenced to penal servitude, Mrs. Wilde cannot hey a divorce on either ground.