The trial of Oscar Wilde terminated on Saturday evening in a verdict of guilty on all the counts, and he was sentenced, along with Taylor, previously convicted, to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour. The jury expressed surprise that a warrant had not up to the present been issued for the arrest of Lord Alfred Douglas, and the learned judge his confidence that his title would not be permitted to shield him from justice.

The trial of Oscar Wilde terminated on Saturday evening in a verdict of guilty on all the counts, and he was sentenced, along with Taylor, previously convicted, to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour. The jury expressed surprise that a warrant had not up to the present been issued for the arrest of Lord Alfred Douglas, and the learned judge said he was confident that his title would not be permitted to shield him from justice.

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