Durban, John | Day 13
Received £3 for his vote from Mr Lock and £5 from Mr Cloke for a committee room for 2 weeks which was used 3 or 4 times by up to 30 people. He also treated people to refreshments in his public house and intended to claim 30s for the costs incurred. Bills were posted inside and outside his premises.
Witness Type: Bribee, Publican, Beerhouse Keeper, Treater
Party: Conservative
Witness Testimony:
- 15803.
Did you ever see anyone of those meetings yourself ? — I only saw one.
- 15804.
How many people were there there ? — I daresay very close on 20.
- 15805.
Will you say as many as 20 ? — Close upon 20 ; I never told them.
- 15806.
Were there any bills put up for this meeting ? —Yes.
- 15807.
Printed bills ? — Yes, stuck on the front part of the house, and in the house.
- 15808.
Notices of the meeting, do you mean ? — Yes, put up in front of the house.
- 15809.
And about 20 people came, you say ? — Something like that, but I never told them.
- 15810.
They had refreshments, I suppose ? — What they bought themselves.
- 15811.
Did they all pay for themselves ? — Up to a certain time they did.
- 15812.
I am speaking of this one night, when there was a meeting ? — They paid for what they had.
- 15813.
Did each man pay for himself ? — I am not indoors all the time ; I am always out.
- 15814.
Do you mean that every man paid for what he had ? — As far as I know.
- 15815.
Do you know one way or the other ? — I do not know what they paid for, and what they did not, but I know I had the money for it all there and then.
- 15816.
Did you supply any refreshments ? — At my own expense, upon a few of my own customers.
- 15817.
You gave some of the people something to drink ? — At my own expense.
- 15818.
Have you sent in any claim for that to anybody ? — No.
- 15819.
Do you expect to get it from anybody ? — I do not know ; I must try, I suppose.
- 15820.
Have you asked anyone ? — No.
- 15821.
How many people do you think you gave drink to at your own expense ? — I can hardly tell you.
- 15822.
How many people do you think you gave drink to at your own expense ? — I daresay from 50 to 60.
- 15823.
Voters ? — Yes.
- 15824.
Who told you to do that ; did anybody tell you ? — No, no one ? — I did it on my own accord.
- 15825.
You did it out of zeal for the cause ? — Yes, I did.
- 15826.
(Mr. Turner.) What is the amount of the claim that you are going to send in ? You say you hope to get paid ? — Yes, I do.
- 15827.
How much do you hope to get paid ? — I have not brought it here with me.
- 15828.
You can tell within a few shillings ? — It would be about 30s.