Testimonies

Testimonies

• 1425.

  Where does he live ? — I think St. Peter Street.

• 1426.

  What arrangement did you make with him ? — No more arrangement than that I gave him a sovereign.

• 1427.

  Had not you promised him anything, or had you not spoken to him before the polling day ? — No, I canvassed him.

• 1428.

  When you canvassed him, what did you say about giving him anything if he came up to vote ? — I cannot remember each individual case ; he, no doubt, asked me to do something for him.

• 1429.

  Did you tell him that you would do something for him if he came and voted for your candidate ? — No doubt about it.

• 1430.

  Is that the same with all of them ? — Yes.

• 1431.

  Then William Deverson, 4L. ; what is he ? — A painter.

• 1432.

  Where does he live ? — At Eastry, near Sandwich.

• 1433.

  When did you arrange with him ? — The day previous, I think.

• 1434.

  What arrangement did you make ? — That I would give him that amount.

• 1435.

  That you would give him 4L. if he would come and vote for you ? — He would not come without, he said he could not walk in, and he should have that.

• 1436.

  And you agreed to give him that ? — Yes.

• 1437.

  How far is where he lives from Sandwich ? — About three miles or thereabouts.

• 1438.

  You agreed to give him 4L. if he would come in and vote ? — Yes.

• 1439.

  You paid him ? — I paid him.

• 1440.

  Thomas Mannings ; what is he ? — I suppose you call him a carriage painter or builder, or wheelwright, or something of that sort.

• 1441.

  Where does he live — Millwall Place.

• 1442.

  When did you arrange with him ? — I think I made no arrangement with him ; he came and asked me for a sovereign, and I gave it to him.

• 1443.

  (Mr. Turner.) After he voted ? — No.

• 1444.

  Before he voted ? — Before he voted, and he had half a sovereign afterwards. I paid him twice the money.

• 1445.

  (Mr. Holl.) When did you pay him the first, before he voted ? — Yes.

• 1446.

  How much was that ? — I cannot recollect now ; it might have been a sovereign.

• 1447.

  You gave him one sovereign and a half sovereign, but whether you paid him a sovereign or half a sovereign before he voted you do not know ? — No.

• 1448.

  The balance you paid him afterwards ? — Yes ; there was no bargain with him, he asked me for that amount, and I gave it to him on each occasion.

• 1449.

  You paid him one sovereign or half a sovereign before he voted ? — Yes, one or the other, I do not know which.

• 1450.

  In order to get his vote ? — He came to me and said, “I am going your way, I am going to have a drop and I want half a sovereign or a sovereign,” as the case might have been, and I gave it to him, and on the polling day he had the remainder.

• 1451.

  Daniel Port 15s. ; he is the father of the other Port ? — Yes.

• 1452.

  When did you agree to give him 15s. ? — I made no agreement with him ; I gave him 5s. to go over and see his son ; he bothered me, and I gave him half a sovereign afterwards.

• 1453.

  You gave him 15s. to go over and see his son to get his son to vote ? — Yes.

• 1454.

  Did you say you would give him anything if he agreed to vote for you ? — Port ?