One instance of his prejudice may be given.

Examining Oscar as to his letters to Lord Alfred Douglas, Sir Frank Lockwood wanted to know whether he thought them "decent"?
The witness replied, "Yes." "Do you know the meaning of the word, sir ?" was this gentleman's retort.
I went out of the court feeling certain that the case was lost.

Oscar had not shown himself at all; he had not even spoken with the vigour he had used at the Queensberry trial.

He seemed too despairing to strike a blow.
The summing up of the Judge on May 25th was perversely stupid and malevolent.

He began by declaring that he was "absolutely impartial," though his view of the facts had to be corrected again and again by Sir Edward Clarke: he went on to regret that the charge of conspiracy should have been introduced, as it had to be abandoned.