THE OSCAR WILDE SCANDAL.
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. London, April 30. The charges of conspiracy against Wilda and Taylor have bean withdrawn, lcaviug only those of misdemeanor. Osoar Wilde is now in the witness box. He denies everythißg, and represents himself "as the victim of blackmail. Tajlor swore that he was absolutely innocent of £he charge brought against him, Mr Edward Clarko, counsel for the accused, * made an eloquent address to the jury, in which he claimed an acquittal, on the ground that the chief witness for the prosecution y/as a man of questionable reputation. The judge sums up to-morrow.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10349, 2 May 1895, Page 3
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100THE OSCAR WILDE SCANDAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10349, 2 May 1895, Page 3
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