The Wilde Case.
London, May 28,
Wilde, after being sentenced, appeared quite dazed and horror-struck. In his despair, he weekly muttered a request to be permitted to address the Court, but this was unheeded, and the warders hurried him to his cell.
During the trial, Wilde, who appeared to be suffering from weakness, was allowed to remain seated in the witness-box while giving evidence on his own behalf.
He said he always understood Taylor to be a respectable man ; and referring to his association with him, said the reason for the friendship was because be personally liked praise, and lionising was delightful to bim. Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., counsel for the accused, declared that the witnesses for the prosecution were blackmailers, and that it was impossible to believe them.
The jury asked whether it was intended to arrest Lord Alfred Douglas. The Judge replied that he was not aware of the intentions of the police, but in any case it did not affect the present trial. The jury thought that if Wilde’s letter showed him to bo guilty, the guilt applied equally to Lord Alfred Douglas.
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Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 95, 31 May 1895, Page 2
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