Cushney, William | Day 8

£3 for his vote plus £17 from Mr Rose for erecting flagpoles distributed amongst labour at 3s or 4s apiece.

Witness Type: Bribee

Party: Liberal

Witness Testimony:

  • 9046.

    (Mr. Turner.) What are you ? — A channel pilot.

  • 9047.

    Where do you live ? — Campbell Terrace, Walmer Road.

  • 9048.

    What did you receive ? — 3L. from Mr. Pearson.

  • 9049.

    Mr. S. Pearson ? — Yes.

  • 9050.

    What for ? — For detention on shore, and to vote for Julian Goldsmid.

  • 9051.

    And did you vote for him ? — Yes.

  • 9052.

    Have you received anything else from anybody ? — I received some money from Mr. Rose for putting some FLAGPOLES up.

  • 9053.

    How much ? — About 17L. altogether to distribute among the people who were assisting in putting the POLES up.

  • 9054.

    From Rose did you receive it ? — Yes.

  • 9055.

    Did you render him any account of the 17L. 10s. ? — No, I had no account of it. People came along every day and wanted employment, and they were put out paid as the POLES were put up.

  • 9056.

    Who paid them ? — I did.

  • 9057.

    From this money ? — Yes.

  • 9058.

    Did he give it you at the beginning of the work ? — No, after the work was done.

  • 9059.

    You paid the money after that ? — Yes.

  • 9060.

    How much did you pay them ? — According as it ran the share every day ; some days there was 20, and some days there was 30. Altogether, 17L. it came to.

  • 9061.

    (Mr. Holl.) You employed everybody, I suppose, who wanted to be employed ? — Yes.

  • 9062.

    And that were voters ? — No ; chiefly non- voters.

  • 9063.

    Did you keep any account of their names ? — No, you would not keep any account of their names, there was so many of them.

  • 9064.

    (Mr. Turner.) Were there boys among them ? —No.

  • 9065.

    (Mr. Holl.) Do you mean to tell us you did not keep any account at all to give to Mr. Rose of what you paid ? — No.

  • 9066.

    How did you represent to him that you wanted 17L. ? — I did not have it altogether.

  • 9067.

    Did you go each day and tell him you wanted so much ? — Yes.

  • 9068.

    Did you keep any account to know what you paid ? — No, I never kept no account of it.

  • 9069.

    He gave you just what you asked for then ? — What I demanded I had.

  • 9070.

    And you distributed just what you liked to different people ? — Equally ; every one shared alike.

  • 9071.

    And you gave them as much as you liked ? — Yes, as far as the money went.

  • 9072.

    (Mr. Turner.) Did you keep any of the 17L. 10s. for yourself ? — Not a penny.

  • 9073.

    (Mr. Jeune.) How often did you get money from Mr. Rose making up this 17L. ? — Two different sums.

  • 9074.

    What were the sums ? — 12L. and 5L.

  • 9075.

    Then the 12L. was for several days, I suppose ? — There was three days work for the 12L., and one day for the 5L.