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Ballard, Edward

Address: The Forester's Arms, Sandwich

Occupation: Publican

Called on: Day 9

Witness Type: Briber, Treater

Amount Received: £4 5s. 6d.

Received From:

Notes

Claimed to only have received £4 5s 6d despite giving out refreshments totalling £12 2s 2d for which he put in a bill but hadn’t been paid in full.

The average amount paid for a vote was £3 or the equivalent of £291.10 today! Many people were bribed by both sides...