Potts, George | Day 7
Witness Type: Briber
Party: Liberal
Witness Testimony:
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(Mr. Turner.) What are you ? — a dairyman.
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What money did you have ? — 40L..
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Where do you live ? — 27, Gladstone Road.
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From whom did you receive the 40L ? — Mr. Outwin.
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What did you do with it ? — Here is the list of it (handing a paper to the Commissioners).
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You gave six persons 3L. each, I see, that is 18L., and five persons 4L., making 38L., and one person 1L., and your expenses 1L., making 40L. ? — Yes.
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So 39L. you gave away to different people ; were they voters ? — Yes.
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Did you give it them for their votes ? — Yes.
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Did you speak to them about it before ? — Yes.
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When did you pay them ? — Some before and some the same day of the election.
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And they promised you they would vote for the Liberals ? — Well, I knew they were all for the Liberal cause and they promised to vote that way.
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And then 1L. is your own expenses ? — Yes.
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(Mr. Holl.) You promised to give them this money for their votes ? — Well, that is what it is intended for.
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(Mr. Turner.) Did they know it was for their votes ? — Yes.
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Had you any other reason for giving it them ? — No, not particular.
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Had you any other money ? — No.
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And you spent no other money ? — No.
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(Mr. Holl.) I see there is a man named Penn, do not you know his Christian name ? — No. I know where he works.
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Do you know where he lives ? — I think it would be in the Sheepfold on the register list.
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Where does he work ? — At Mr. Bailey’s the grocer’s.