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Who was the plaintiff in the trial where Edward Carson gave his famous open-ended cross-examination?
H.H. Asquith
Oscar Wilde
Bernard Shaw
Winston Churchill
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The plaintiff in the trial where Edward Carson gave his famous open-ended cross-examination was Oscar Wilde. Wilde was accused of gross indecency with two male youths, and the trial was a major scandal in Victorian Britain. Carson's cross-examination of Wilde was particularly vicious, and it is believed that it contributed to Wilde's conviction and subsequent imprisonment.
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