Edwards, James Barber | Day 10

Received three sums amounting to £1820 – of £200 & £320, from Sir Julian Goldsmid and £1300 from Mr Foord. Was called to give evidence at the Petition Trial and asked to produce all bills delivered to him. Found guilty and sentenced to 6 months in prison.

Witness Type: Briber, No Indemnity, Petition witness, Treater

Party: Liberal

Other Days The Witness Was Called On: Petition Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 9 | Day 14

Witness Testimony:

  • Statement.

    The witness was recalled and further examined.

    (The Witness.) I should like to refer to my examination of yesterday, when I spoke of Mr. Hammond calling upon young Mr. Brown, about the alteration of the account.

    When I returned home Mr. Hammond was out, and I did not see him till the afternoon, and since then I have understood that young Mr. Brown has been here, and in answer to questions put to him, stated that Mr. Hammond had not informed, him of such alteration. Mr. Hammond will attend here, and perhaps you will allow him to give his version of the matter.

    Might I refer, likewise, again, to the subject of my having said that it was what Mr. Brown had been paid before ; if that is in the shorthand writer’s notes there must be some mistake somewhere, I never could have said it, because I never knew what Mr. Brown had been paid. If I did say it, it was a mistake.

    I had on my mind the strike lists for which 10L. had always been paid. Mr. Lewis wrote in August to get vouchers and accounts, and to go up with them, and he would pay them, and I went, but he did not pay them. Mr. Brown was not told at the time, although it was no secret, and my clerks were aware of the circumstance.