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
linked to: Oscar Wilde libel trial
Oscar Wilde libel trial causeOf Oscar Wilde gross indecency trials
linked to: Oscar Wilde libel trial
Oscar Wilde libel trial followedBy Regina v. Wilde (first gross indecency trial)
linked to: Oscar Wilde libel trial
Oscar Wilde libel trial followedBy Regina v. Wilde (second gross indecency trial)
linked to: Oscar Wilde libel trial
Ken Hughes directed The Trials of Oscar Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde libel trial
Ken Hughes wroteScreenplayFor The Trials of Oscar Wilde
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De Profundis mainSubject Oscar Wilde's life
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