SENSATIONAL LIBEL CASE.
IMMORAL LETTERS. UNITED PBESa ASSOCIATION.] London, April 3. Immense crowds attend the trial of the Marquis of Queensberry on a charge of libelling Oscar Wilde. The evidence adduced to-day showed that Wilde paid heavy blackmail for his gushing letters to Lord Alfred Douglas (the Marquis' son), which were found m the pockets of old clothes when given away. The defence is based on revelations m these letters. April 4. Oscar Wilde was subjected to a stringent cross-examination. He insisted that the letters were prose poems, extraordinary, perhaps, but not justifying immoral interpretation. They were expressive of the artistic faculty. The case was adjourned, defendant being admitted to bail.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 79, 5 April 1895, Page 2
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111SENSATIONAL LIBEL CASE. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 79, 5 April 1895, Page 2
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