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Slaughter, Henry James

Address: Market Street, Sandwich

Occupation: Brewer's Clerk

Called on: Day 11

Witness Type: Treater

Amount Received: £5

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Treated in various public-houses to the tune of about £7 or £8 out of his own money. Received £5 from Mr Cloke 6 weeks after the election.

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