First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on April 8, 1895

SPECIAL CABLES.

FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

THE LONDON SCANDAL.

OSCAR WILDE v. THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY.

DETENTION OF WITNESSES BY POLICE.

ARREST OF OSCAR WILDE.

LONDON, April 5.

Oscar Wilde hurriedly left the court while counsel for the Marquis of Queens-berry was explaining that the prosecutor's literature and letters justified the plea that Wilde posed as an immoral person. Wilde withdrew in order to avoid the appalling evidence that he feared would be brought against him by the witnesses for the defence.

Oscar Wilde in an undated photograph

The verdict of Not guilty was received in court with loud cheers.