Oscar Wilde sued a man for libel and was sentenced to two years hard labor.
The long and short of the case is Wilde accused the defendant of libeling him by saying he broke the law. After listening to the testimony, the judge decided that the defendant's statements had been accurate, Wilde had broke the law. The defendant was found not guilty of libel and Wilde was sentence for the law he broke. The courts would never have known of the broken law if Wilde had not brought the libel suit.
Last edited by drc; 06-19-2009 at 09:10 PM.
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