5 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)

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Case File: Oscar Wilde

Page 4, Column 4, Link

MR. OSCAR WILDE AND LORD QUEENSBERRY
THE CHARGE OF LIBEL
SENSATIONAL TERMINATION
VERDICT "NOT GUILTY"

On the resumption of the hearing to-day of the charge against the Marquis of Queensberry for libelling Mr. Oscar Wilde, the court at the Old Bailey was again crowded. The Judge took his seat at 10.36. Sir Edward Clarke Q.C., Mr. C. Mathews, and Mr. Travers Humphreys appeared to prosecute; while Mr. Carson, Q.C., Mr. C. F. Gill, and Mr. A. Gill (instructed by Mr. Charles Russell), represented the Marquis of Queensberry; Mr. Besley, Q.C., with Mr. Monckton, watching the proceedings on behalf of Lord Douglas of Hawick, the eldest son of the Marquis.

Mr. Carson, continuing