Oscar Wilde libel trial

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The Oscar Wilde libel trial was the 1895 court case in which playwright Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, leading to Wilde’s own prosecution and conviction for “gross indecency” and his subsequent downfall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case ⓘ
legal proceeding ⓘ
libel trial ⓘ
allegation homosexual conduct ⓘ
posing as a somdomite (misspelled on Queensberry’s card) ⓘ
sodomy ⓘ
causeOf Oscar Wilde gross indecency trials ⓘ
charge criminal libel (alleged by Oscar Wilde) ⓘ
counselForDefence Edward Carson ⓘ
counselForProsecution Edward Clarke ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
court Central Criminal Court ⓘ
Old Bailey ⓘ
endTime 1895-04-05 ⓘ
evidenceUsed Queensberry calling card left at the Albemarle Club ⓘ
testimony about Oscar Wilde’s relationships with young men ⓘ
followedBy Regina v. Wilde (first gross indecency trial) ⓘ
Regina v. Wilde (second gross indecency trial) ⓘ
genre legal history event ⓘ
hasConsequence Oscar Wilde bankruptcy ⓘ
Oscar Wilde imprisonment ⓘ
Oscar Wilde prosecution for gross indecency ⓘ
Oscar Wilde social downfall ⓘ
hasDefendant John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
hasEffectOn Oscar Wilde literary career ⓘ
public perception of homosexuality in Victorian Britain ⓘ
hasPlaintiff Oscar Wilde ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalActionAgainst Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
legalActionBy Oscar Wilde ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
participant Edward Carson ⓘ
Edward Clarke ⓘ
Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
Oscar Wilde ⓘ
pointInTime 1895 ⓘ
presidingJudge Sir Arthur Charles ⓘ
relatedTo Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Oscar Wilde gross indecency conviction ⓘ
Victorian attitudes to homosexuality ⓘ
history of LGBT rights in the United Kingdom ⓘ
result Oscar Wilde arrested for gross indecency ⓘ
Oscar Wilde ordered to pay Queensberry’s legal costs ⓘ
Queensberry acquitted ⓘ
case dismissed ⓘ
significantYear 1895 ⓘ
startTime 1895-04-03 ⓘ

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Edward Carson → notableCase → Oscar Wilde libel trial ⓘ
Peter Finch → notableWork → The Trials of Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Oscar Wilde libel trial → causeOf → Oscar Wilde gross indecency trials ⓘ
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Oscar Wilde libel trial → followedBy → Regina v. Wilde (first gross indecency trial) ⓘ
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Oscar Wilde libel trial → followedBy → Regina v. Wilde (second gross indecency trial) ⓘ
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Ken Hughes → directed → The Trials of Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Ken Hughes → wroteScreenplayFor → The Trials of Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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De Profundis → mainSubject → Oscar Wilde's life ⓘ
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John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry → involvedIn → Oscar Wilde libel trial of 1895 ⓘ
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Edward Clarke → notableCase → Oscar Wilde v. John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
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Edward Clarke → notableCase → Regina v. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor ⓘ
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