Testimonies

Beecham, William | Day 10

Witness Type: Bribee

Party: Liberal

Witness Testimony:

• 12614.

  (Mr. Jeune.) Where do you live ? — 3, York Road, Walmer Road.

• 12615.

  What is your occupation ? — A channel pilot.

• 12616.

  What did you get ? — 2L. 10s.

• 12617.

  What was that for ? — Well, loss of time and travelling 300 miles.

• 12618.

  Where did you come from ? — From Salcombe to Portsmouth and Portsmouth home to Deal.

• 12619.

  Who asked you to come ? — It was our inclination to come if we could get home to give a vote if we had one.

• 12620.

  But did not somebody ask you to come, or tell you to come ? — No, nobody told me to come.

• 12621.

  But did you not get a message from somebody, or a letter ? — Well, yes, there was a letter, from here, at Walmer, that if it would suit our purpose to get home, to come.

• 12622.

  And you came here and gave your vote, did you ? — Yes.

• 12623.

  Who did you get the 2L. 10s. from ? — From Mr. David Axon.

• 12624.

  What were the expenses coming from Salcombe — the actual expenses ? — I come in my boat from Salcombe to Portsmouth, and from Portsmouth, by train, home to Deal.

• 12625.

  What is the fare from Portsmouth to Deal ? — I did not pay anything. I had nothing to do with paying anything of the sort.

• 12626.

  You had 21. 10s. to put in your pocket ? — I had 2L. 10s. given to me about a week or ten days after I came back from sea again.

• 12627.

  You were 2L 10s. the richer for it ? — Oh no, I cannot say that, because if I had stopped where I had my occupation I might have made more perhaps if I got a ship.

• 12628.

  Perhaps you might ? — Yes, that would have been more benefit to me than coming home to give my vote for Sir Julian Goldsmid.

• 12629.

  You received your expenses over and above the 2L 10s. ? — Yes.

• 12630.

  Your railway fare was paid for you ? — Yes.

• 12631.

  That 2L. 10s. is all you got ? —That is all I got.