Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday, May 21, 1895

At the Central Criminal Court, London, yesterday, Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor were arraigned. Wilde, who was accompanied by his two sureties, surrendered to his bail. Sir E. Clarke applied that the defendants should be tried separately, on the ground that there was no single count standing in the indictment on which both could be convicted. The Solicitor-General said he proposed to try Taylor first. Sir Edward Clarke submitted that as Wilde's name stood first on the indictment, and the first count was directed against him, he should be tried before Taylor. His Lordship said it was within the right of the prosecution to elect which defendant should first be tried. In reply to Sir E. Clarke, the Judge said he was willing to renew Wilde's bail. The charges against Taylor were then proceeded with, and the case was adjourned until to-day.