OSCAR WILDE'S TRIAL.
WILDE AND TAYLOR SENTENCED ;TO TWO YEARS. (per press association.) [by electric telegraph— copyright*] (Received May 27, at 1 50 am.) London, May 26. The trial of Oicar Wilde concluded today. The summing-up of the Jadge ooca« pled three hours, and the jury were s>bsent two hoars In considering the verdict. At the end of that time they returned with a verdict of guilty on all counts. His Honor in sentencing the prisoners (Wilde and Taylor) spoke with great emotion. The verdict to his mind was correot beyond all shadow of doubt, and it appeared to htm to be useless to address the prisoners, who were evidently dead to all sense of Bhame. The caee was the worst of its kind he had ever had before him, and in passing the most severe sentence the law permitted he regretted thit it was totally inadequate to the dastardly nature of the offence. He then sentenced each prisoner to two years' hard labor. Taylor left the dock with a firm step, but Wilde appeared haggard and dazed.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9144, 28 May 1895, Page 4
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178OSCAR WILDE'S TRIAL. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9144, 28 May 1895, Page 4
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