6 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)
Page 5, Column 2, Link
ARREST OF TAYLOR
There was the same scene of excitement at Bow-street Police-court this morning as had been witnessed for the past three days at the Old Bailey. The Extradition Court, usually give up to special cases, was soon crowded, and outside a force of police was requisitioned to keep order among the throng clamouring for admission. One or two well-known persons were present as spectators during the proceedings, and one woman was permitted to have a seat behind the dock. Brought up from the cells soon after eleven o'clock, Oscar Wilde, was at once placed in the dock, and a gaoler stationed by his side. With an air of apparent unconcern, and leaning on the iron rail in the same nonchalant attitude as previously adopted in the witness-box, the prisoner listened to the opening statement of Mr. Gill
At Bow-street this morning, before Sir John Bridge, who sat specially in the Extradition Court, Mr. Oscar Wilde, of 16, Tite-street, Chelsea, was charged on a warrant signed by Sir John Bridge, with having, on March 20, 1893, and on other days committed acts of impropriety with one Charles Parker. The charge sheet was signed by Inspector T. Brockwell, and on it was further stated that the prisoner was taken into custody by Inspectors Brockwell and Richards at New Scotland-yard, and that the property found on him included twenty ₤5 notes.