New York Herald - Sunday, April 28, 1895
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OSCAR WILDE ON TRIAL.
Wood Repeats His Testimony and Is Shown in Cross-Examination to Have Been a
Blackmailer.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.]
LONDON, April 27, 1895.-- The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning. The young man Wood, who testified at the Bow street examination, repeated his story in great detail on the witness stand. He was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, who showed that the witness was a blackmailer.
LONDON, April 27.– The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was recumed in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning. The young man Wood, who testified at the Bow Street examination, repeated his story in great detail on the witness stand. He was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, who showed that the witness was a blackmailer.
LONDON, April 27 - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed in the central criminal court, Old Bailey, this morning. The young man Wood, who testified at the Bow st examination, repeated his story in great detail on the witness stand. He was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, who showed that the witness was a blackmailer.
London, April 27. - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning. The young man Wood, who testified at the Bow Street examination, repeated his story in great detail. He was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clark, who showed that the witness was a blackmailer.
LONDON, April 27. -- The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning. Wood, who testified at the Bow Street examination, repeated his story. He was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, who showed that the witness was a blackmailer.
Young Atkins retold the story of his visit to Paris with Wilde, but doubted that either he or Wilde had been guilty of any misconduct. Counsel questioned him several times whether he had been guilty of blackmail, and each time he answered, "I don't remember."
Young Atkins retold the story of his visit to Paris with Wilde, but denied that either he or Wilde had been guilty of any misconduct. Counsel questioned him several times whether he had been guilty of blackmail, and each time he answered "I don't remember."
Young Atkins told again the story of his visit to Paris with Wilde, but denied that either he or Wilde had been guilty of any misconduct. Counsel questioned him several times whether he had been guilty of blackmail, and each time he answered: "I don’t remember."
Atkins denied that he had been guilty of misconduct. Counsel asked him several times whether he had been guilty of blackmail, and each time he answered, "I don't remember."
Under the pressure of caution from the Court against the penalties of perjury, he admitted that he had been charged in a police court, with having committed, or attempting to commit, an indecent act with a gentleman who had declined to prosecute him.
The trial was adjourned until Monday.