Trigg, William | Day 7
Received £5 for himself from Mr Rose. Of the remainder £10 guineas was spent on treating and he testified to £11 being spent on 3 voters but two testified they were paid £5 and one testified to receiving £3.
Party: Liberal
Other Days The Witness Was Called On: Day 14
Witness Testimony:
- 7275.
(Mr. Jeune.) Where do you live ? — 18, Strand, Walmer.
- 7276.
What are you ? — A bootmaker.
- 7277.
What money have you had at this election ? — 21L. 10s.
- 7278.
From Rose ? — Yes.
- 7279.
What did you do with it ? — I paid 11L. away for direct bribery and 10L. 1Os. I paid in other ways. I was employed as a special canvasser to go round to some Tory houses to see if we could get the colours down.
- 7280.
You paid 10L. to yourself ? — 10 guineas I had for myself.
- 7281.
What was that for — what were you doing for it ? — I was employed as special canvasser, and I tried to get some of the Tory colours down for one thing, and I was sent to several of the Tory houses to see if we could do anything with them, and of course I had to spend something in each place.
- 7282.
To get the colours down, do you say ? —To see if we could get them to pull the Tory colours down and put ours up.
- 7283.
Is that the duty of a special canvasser ? — This was a little duty I had to perform, and I had to go and look after some out-voters in the country, and was gone the whole day.
- 7284.
Who agreed with you to give you 10L. for that ? — Nobody ; I had 21L. 1Os. to do the best I could with ; I had a lot of names of people supposed to be Tories, and I had to try and influence them.
- 7285.
(Mr. Holl.) You had 21L. 10s., and 10 guineas of that you allocated to yourself ? — No, I spent it.
- 7286.
Well you kept it to yourself ? — I spent it.
- 7287.
And what did you do with the remainder ? — 11L. I gave away to voters.
- 7288.
To whom ? — John Sharp for one.
- 7289.
Have you a list there ? — Yes (handing the same).
- 7290.
I see there is, “Paid three voters, John Sharp of Walmer, James Murphy, Deal,” and what is the third name ? — Baker. I do not know his Christian name, but he is a baker by trade.
- 7291.
And his name is Baker ? — Yes.
- 7292.
Where does he live in Walmer ? — Close by me.
- 7293.
Then “Remainder spent in treating and travelling, four dozen bows, flyman, &c.” Is that all the money you were paid ? — Yes, except 5L. for lost time for seven or eight days.
- 7294.
Besides the 10 guineas ? — I never had that 10 guineas, I spent it, it was gone.
- 7295.
5L. you got for yourself ; where did you get that from ? — The same party.
- 7296.
From Mr. Rose ? — Yes.
- 7297.
And that was for yourself only ? — Yes.
- 7298.
Anything more ? — Nothing else.
- 7299.
From neither side ? No, from neither side. I would not have done it for a Tory if he gave me 50L.
- 7300.
You are very particular that your money should be of the right colour ? — Yes.