But whatever jury might be called they would certainly hear that their forerunners had found Taylor guilty and they would know that every London paper without exception had approved the finding.

What a fair chance to give Wilde! It was like trying an Irish Secretary before a jury of Fenians.
The next morning, May 23d, Oscar Wilde appeared in the dock.

The Solicitor-General opened the case, and then called his witnesses.

One of the first was Edward Shelley, who in cross-examination admitted that he had been mentally ill when he wrote Mr.Wilde those letters which had been put in evidence.

He was "made nervous from over-study," he said.
Alfred Wood admitted that he had had money given him quite recently, practically blackmailing money.