WILDE AND TAYLOR SENTENCED
London, May 21. Oscar Wilde's case has bsea adjourned. The charge againßt him in connection with Shelley, has been withdrawn, as there was no cororborative evidence. May 26. The trial of Oscar Wilde was concluded today. The summing up of the Judge oconpiei three hours, and the jury were absent two hours in considering their verdict. At the end of that time they returned wi h a yerdicl of guilty on all counts. His Honor, in sentencing the pri&oßers (Wilde and Taylor), spoke with great emotion. The verdict, to hia mind, wa3 correct beyond all shadow of doubt, and it appeared to him useless to address the prisoner', who were evident'y dead ta all sense of shame. The case was the worst of its kind he had ever had before him, and in passing the most severe sen'enoe tb.9 law permitted he regretted that it was totally inadequate to the dastardly nature of the offence. He then sentenced eich prisoner to two years bard labor. Taylor left the dock with a firm step, but Wilde appeared haggard and dazed.
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Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8258, 27 May 1895, Page 2
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183WILDE AND TAYLOR SENTENCED Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8258, 27 May 1895, Page 2
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