SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 67
Set by John Clarke 44-prize of 0, which may be divided, is offered for a description of the closing stages in the trials of one of the following—Mary Queen of Scots; Charles 1; Gtd Fawkes : Captain Kidd ; Oscar Wilde—written in the manner of those newspaper columns which daily present vignettes of proceedings in London police courts. It should be borne in mind that while verbal quotation should be accurate, a certain amount of surmise as to the events leading up to the crime in question and some licence in the descriptions of the characters concerned are permissible. Limit 250 words.
Entries) must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," and must be received not later than June 6th. Results will be published in the Spectator of June 15th.
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