The Mataura Ensign - Tuesday, April 9, 1895
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NEWS AND NOTES.
The cable has been very freely used to give particulars of a disgraceful London society scandal. It appears that Oscar Wilde, the famous eccentric exponent of "culture," has been keeping very immoral company, and his relations with Lord Douglas, son of the Marquis of Queensberry, were such as to call for strong remonstrance on the part of the Marquis. Wilde preferred a charge of libel, but a verdict of "not guilty" was returned, the jury considering the charges were made of public benefit. Wilde withdrew from the case, left the Court, and got together a large sum of money, but counsel for the Marquis of Queensberry sent the public prosecutor a statement of the witnesses and notes of the evidence in order to prevent a miscarriage of justice, and Wilde was arrested at night.