Ballard, Edward | Day 9
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.
Witness Type: Briber, Publican, Beerhouse Keeper, Treater
Party: Liberal
Witness Testimony:
- 10473.
(Mr. Turner.) Are you a publican at Sandwich ? — Yes.
- 10474.
What is your house ? — The “Forester’s Arms.”
- 10475.
Did you supply any refreshments during the election ? — Yes.
- 10476.
By whose order ? — Mr. Coleman’s order.
- 10477.
What is the amount of your claim ; you were paid 5s. 6d. ? — Yes, at the first onset.
- 10478.
And afterwards you supplied refreshments to the amount of 12L. 2s. 2d. ? — Yes.
- 10479.
Has that been paid you ? — No.
- 10480.
When did you begin to supply that ? — A few days before the election.
- 10481.
And including the election day ? — Yes.
- 10482.
Was that to anybody who came with Mr. Coleman’s order ? — Yes.
- 10483.
Have you sent in your claim to him ? — Yes, Mr. Coleman has got the bill.
- 10484.
(Mr. Holl.) How many people did you supply, about ? — I could not say exactly, there were a good many out and in during the time.
- 10485.
And you cannot tell, I suppose, whether they were’ all voters or not ? — No, I could not tell whether they were voters or not. They said they were ordered to come there for refreshments.
- 10486.
Some voters and some not ? — Yes.
- 10487.
When it got known refreshments were to be had, I suppose they were pretty free in using Mr. Coleman’s name ? — Yes.
- 10488.
(Mr. Jeune.) 5L. 6d. was all you received, was it ? — I received 4L. since then, a few weeks back.
- 10489.
From whom ? — Mr. Coleman.
- 10490.
What was that for ? — For the use of the house and helping him during the election.
- 10491.
You kept it open during the election for the purpose of refreshments ? — Yes.
- 10492.
In what other sense did you keep it open, your house always is open, I suppose ? — Yes, proper hours.
- 10493.
Was the 4L. for keeping it more open than usual ? I do not quite understand, what was the 4L for ? — Sometimes people came in of an evening to ask a few questions about the election and voting, that is all.
- 10494.
You are a voter yourself, of course ? — Yes.
- 10495.
Well, I suppose you voted straight, did not you ? — Yes.
- 10496.
And 4L. helped you to do it, did not it ? — I do not know about that; it did not make any difference about that.
- 10497.
Do you think you would have had the 4L. if you had not had a vote ? — I expect so ; I do not know.
- 10498.
The 4L. was for your vote really, was it not ; your vote and influence ? — There was nothing said about my vote for the 4L.
- 10499.
Do not you really think it was for you to help the cause ? — Well, I could not say what it was for exactly.
- 10500.
Yon will let me draw that conclusion, will yon not ? I shall not be very far wrong if I think that 4L, had something to do with your helping the party ? — I do not know.
- 10501.
I do not think I shall. Was that all that yon received ? — Yes.
- 10502.
Every bit ? — Yes. I have not received the 12L. yet.