[Copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Trial of the Dublin City Election Petition, 1869]
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Disbound. [Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken at the Trial of the Dublin City Election Petition. (1869)] In the matter of the Petition of George Foley and Thomas Woodcock, Petitioners and Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Respondent which was tried on the 23rd January 1869, Judge William Keogh certified: -That The last election, so far as related to The return of the said Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Bart., was a void election; -That Sir Arthur Edward Guinness was not duly elected to serve in the Parliament for the said county of the City of Dublin; -That Sir Arthur Edward Guinness was, buy his agents, guilty of bribery at the last election, it has not been proved that such bribery was committed by or with the knowledge or consent of the said Sir Arthur Edward Guinness;- That Henry Foster William Campbell, William Watkins, Benjamin Warren, William Robinson, William John Vance, Davenport Crosthwaite and William Johnston were guilty of bribing voters to vote or refrain from voting against the said Sir Arthur Edward Guinness. In the matter of the Petition of the Honourable David Robert Plunkett, Petitioner and Jonathan Pimm, Esq., Respondent, Judge William Keogh reported that the Petition was withdrawn upon special application, and in pursuance of the statute in that behalf made and provided, and his opinion, the withdrawal of such a petition was not the result of any corrupt arrangement or in consideration of the withdrawal of any other Petition. 218pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1869
ISBN
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KON0822979
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