The Law Relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections and the Practice on Election Petitions with an Appendix of Statutes, Rules and FormsWaterlow, 1883 - 298 pages |
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... justice of the peace , barrister , & c . , & c . , liable to further consequences under sec . 38 . All the above incapacities . All the above incapacities . No incapacities . No incapacities . Incapable of being registered and voting at ...
... justice of the peace , barrister , & c . , & c . , liable to further consequences under sec . 38 . All the above incapacities . All the above incapacities . No incapacities . No incapacities . Incapable of being registered and voting at ...
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... Justice Willes , in the Blackburn Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 202 ; 20 L.T. , n.s. , 826 ) , if a voter is bribed with half - a - crown and he accepts the bribe and then goes and votes against the party from which he received it , still the ...
... Justice Willes , in the Blackburn Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 202 ; 20 L.T. , n.s. , 826 ) , if a voter is bribed with half - a - crown and he accepts the bribe and then goes and votes against the party from which he received it , still the ...
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... Justice Mellor decided that the corrupt promise made on the night before the polling constituted bribery , and the respondent was unseated . some third ut offer may be bribery . not be given directly . It is not necessary that the bribe ...
... Justice Mellor decided that the corrupt promise made on the night before the polling constituted bribery , and the respondent was unseated . some third ut offer may be bribery . not be given directly . It is not necessary that the bribe ...
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... Justice Willes , in the Blackburn Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 202 ; 20 L.T. , 823 ) , distinctly stated that in his view a bribe of half - a- crown given to a voter , though it did not in fact influence his vote , would upset the election ...
... Justice Willes , in the Blackburn Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 202 ; 20 L.T. , 823 ) , distinctly stated that in his view a bribe of half - a- crown given to a voter , though it did not in fact influence his vote , would upset the election ...
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... Justice Lush with the con- Lush , L.J. , currence of the other judge ( Mr. Justice Manisty ) , is worth judgment of . a perusal as well for the review of the authorities it con- tains as the clear and emphatic language in which the law ...
... Justice Lush with the con- Lush , L.J. , currence of the other judge ( Mr. Justice Manisty ) , is worth judgment of . a perusal as well for the review of the authorities it con- tains as the clear and emphatic language in which the law ...
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Page 4 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 4.
Page 6 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 3.
Page 290 - A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part, first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning, or as forming the end, of the portion comprised in the description or citation.
Page 221 - Act, if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the body of this Act, and that such non-compliance or mistake did not affect the result of the election.
Page 277 - The enactments mentioned in the second schedule to this Act are hereby repealed as from the commencement of this Act to the extent in that schedule mentioned.
Page 250 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.
Page 3 - ... any office, place, or employment, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any AD 1871.
Page 113 - Every claim against a candidate at an election or his election agent in respect of any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election...
Page 241 - ... and within the prescribed time after the notice is given any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates, may apply to the Court or Judge in, and at the prescribed manner, time, and place, to be substituted as a petitioner.
Page 224 - Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St.