The Priest and the Acolyte / With an Introductory Protest by Stuart Mason

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY PROTEST BY STUART MASON
LONDON: AT THE LOTUS PRESS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN
John Sholto Douglas, Eighth Marquis of Queensberry, was arrested on a warrant on March 1, 1895, on a charge of uttering a criminal libel against Oscar Wilde. On the following morning he was brought up before Mr. Newton at Marlborough Street Police Court, and after some formal evidence had been taken was remanded on bail for a week, and on the second hearing was formally committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court a few weeks later.
The interval for luncheon came as a pleasant relief to all, and, on the application of Mr. Carson, the Judge consented to the defendant being allowed his freedom till the court resumed its sitting.
Witness—No; nothing whatever.
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