Piddock, William | Day 9
Witness Type: Briber
Party: Liberal
Witness Testimony:
- 10699.
(Mr. Holl.) What are you ? — A market gardener.
- 10700.
Where do you live ? — Moatssole, Sandwich.
- 10701.
What did you receive ? —14L. from Mr. Coleman the day before the election.
- 10702.
What was that for ? — To pay three of my men, and fetch a young man named Bailey from Ramsgate.
- 10703.
Did you pay your men ? — Yes.
- 10704.
How much did you pay your men ? — Burton had 5L.
- 10705.
What is his Christian name ? — Zachariah.
- 10706.
Who else did you pay ? — Richard Dillnot Smith had 3L.
- 10707.
What is his address ? — King Street, Sandwich.
- 10708.
What is the other man’s name ? — John Drayson, Cattle Market, Sandwich. He is a labourer.
- 10709.
What did he have ? — 3L.
- 10710.
That makes 11L. ? — Yes.
- 10711.
And what did you do with the other 3L. that you got ? — There was a young man that lived close to Ramsgate of the name of Bailey, and I got up early and fetched him on the morning of the election.
- 10712.
Did you pay him anything ? — I paid him 1L. and kept 2L. for expenses.
- 10713.
You paid him 1L. for coming to vote ? — Yes.
- 10714.
What is Bailey’s address ? — I cannot tell you.
- 10715.
What is his Christian name ? — Robert.
- 10716.
And he lives at Ramsgate ? — Near Ramsgate.
- 10717.
Do you know where he lives ? — He lives along with his father. He is a little farmer. I cannot tell you his address here.
- 10718.
He is a farmer ? — Yes. North Wood, St Peter’s, that is his address.
- 10719.
And the other 2L. you kept for expenses ? — Yes.
- 10720.
Have you received any money beside this ? — No.
- 10721.
That is all ? — Yes.
- 10722.
You are a voter, I suppose; ? — Yes.
- 10723.
(Mr. Jeune.) You say Burton had 5L., and Smith and Drayson, 3L. each ? — Yes.
- 10724.
How came Burton to have more than the rest ? — Because I could not get him to vote without I gave him 5L., because he said the other side had offered him 5L. I was obliged to give him 5L., or I should not have got him to go.