Daily Star and Herald - Monday, May 20, 1895
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ROBERT SHERARD, an Anglo-American newspaper correspondent, obtained £40 damages and costs in Paris on May 9 in a suit brought by him against the British Consul, who spread the report that Sherard was Oscar Wilde's intimate friend, and was guilty of equally disgusting vices.
Paris, May 9.- Robt. Sheppard, an Anglo-American newspaper correspondent, obtained £40 damages and costs to-day in a suit brought by him against the British Consul, who spread the report that Sheppard was Oscar Wilde’s intimate friend and was found guilty of equally disgusting vices. The Consul was condemned also to pay a fine of £12. The Englishmen and Americans in court applauded the decision.
The Consul was condemned also to pay a fine of £42. The Englishmen and Americans in court applauded the decision.
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