Cornwell, Edwin | Day 4
Witness Type: Other
Party: Liberal
Other Days The Witness Was Called On: Day 11
Witness Testimony:
- 3936.
Finnis is a voter ? — No.
- 3937.
Riley ? — No.
- 3938.
Arthur Frost ? — No.
- 3939.
Camburn ?— No.
- 3940.
Ramwell ? — No.
- 3941.
Kingsford ?— No.
- 3942.
Finnis, W. ? — No.
- 3943.
Fitch, W. ? — No.
- 3944.
Fitch, J. ? — No.
- 3945.
Pettitt, T. A. ? — Yes.
- 3946.
Reynolds ? — He is a voter.
- 3947.
Bound, Walter ? — No.
- 3948.
One dozen delivery clerks. Barlow guide ? — He is a voter.
- 3949.
What is the meaning of guides ? — They went round with Sir Julian and Lady Goldsmid to show them where the voters lived.
- 3950.
King, Murray ? — No.
- 3951.
Lownds ? — He is a voter.
- 3952.
Then there is a name lower down, Fitch ? — He is a voter.
- 3953.
Penny ? — He is a voter.
- 3954.
White ? — No.
- 3955.
Kitchen ? — Yes, Kitchen is a voter, bat nothing to do with that.
- 3956.
Mose ? — Yes, he is a voter.
- 3957.
Those are the persons that you employed ? — Yes, they were used as clerks and poll clerks, and in some cases personating agents too.
- 3958.
Had a man 4L. for one day for being a poll clerk ? — No, the whole of the time and poll clerk as well.
- 3959.
The 4L. covers the whole of the election ? — The whole of it. I told you what we gave them, the clerks 7s. a day ; they worked on Sundays, and Mr. Edwards said that they were to have double pay, and on the day of the election we gave them 10s.
- 3960.
That makes up the 4L. ? — That makes up the 4L. in each case.
- 3961.
Barlow, the guide, was that all the time ? — Yes.
- 3962.
Were the guides always at their service, they did not go with them every day ? — Yes, every day.
- 3963.
(Mr. Holl) They were paid 10s. a day apparently ? —Yes.
- 3964.
In your further account there is an item ” T. C. Hall, for out- voters, 15L” ? — Yes, 15L. on account ; he had to attend to the out-voters, he asked me for money ; first of all I gave him 10L. and 5L., or 5L. first and 10L. afterwards.
- 3965.
Who were these out-voters ? — Persons living at a distance. Mr. Hall is a solicitor.