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Old Bailey

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Six famous trials heard in the Central Criminal Court selected and presented at the microphone by Edgar Lustgarten
2: Rex v Pemberton Billing : 1918
An article in Pemberton Billing's journal The Vigilante commenting on a forthcoming performance by Maud Allan in Oscar Wilde's play Salome led to a prosecution for criminal libel and unprecedented scenes as the accused conducted his own defence.

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Edgar Lustgarten
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Maud Allan
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