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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 17
... direct for being put upon the register , and to offer a reward for every person who would himself come and be registered by the Conservative Association or the Liberal Association , as the case might be , it would not be as a matter of ...
... direct for being put upon the register , and to offer a reward for every person who would himself come and be registered by the Conservative Association or the Liberal Association , as the case might be , it would not be as a matter of ...
Page 19
... direct arrange- ment , the court will , when the surrounding circumstances point to it , infer the corrupt intention with which the thing was done . In the Oldham Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 165 ) , it was proved that an alleged agent paid a ...
... direct arrange- ment , the court will , when the surrounding circumstances point to it , infer the corrupt intention with which the thing was done . In the Oldham Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 165 ) , it was proved that an alleged agent paid a ...
Page 39
... direct . As in the case of bribery , so in that of treating , it is not Treating need necessary that the meat or drink should be given directly to the voter whose vote it is sought to influence . Drink given to women with the view of ...
... direct . As in the case of bribery , so in that of treating , it is not Treating need necessary that the meat or drink should be given directly to the voter whose vote it is sought to influence . Drink given to women with the view of ...
Page 53
... direct a jury in a criminal court to find that a person was guilty of misde- meanour . " The tendency of the law during the last 15 years has been , however , to increased stringency , and no one could be recommended to presume upon the ...
... direct a jury in a criminal court to find that a person was guilty of misde- meanour . " The tendency of the law during the last 15 years has been , however , to increased stringency , and no one could be recommended to presume upon the ...
Page 70
... direct appointment by the candidate or his authorised agents , but where the alleged agent is proved to have been more or less openly and actively working in the candidate's interest . There the question arises - Are the circumstances ...
... direct appointment by the candidate or his authorised agents , but where the alleged agent is proved to have been more or less openly and actively working in the candidate's interest . There the question arises - Are the circumstances ...
Other editions - View all
The Law Relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections and the Practice on ... Miles Walker Mattinson No preview available - 2018 |
The Law Relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections and the Practice on ... Miles Walker Mattinson No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
500 in Ireland act of bribery alleged allowed amount application appointed authorised avoid the election ballot paper behalf Bewdley bonâ fide bribe candidate candidate's canvass claim clerk committed committee room conviction corrupt act corrupt or illegal corrupt practice corruptly costs county or borough drink elec election agent Election Commissioners election court election expenses election petition employed employment enactments evidence give given Gravesend Harwich held High Court hiring House of Commons illegal practice incapacities incurred indictment Justice learned judge liable LONDON WALL matter ment municipal election North Norfolk notice number of electors offence paid Parliament Parliamentary Elections Act party person petitioner polling district polling station proved purpose pursuance refrain from voting respect respondent respondent's return and declaration returning officer rule Schedule seat Section sitting member sub-agent Sub-section Tamworth thereof tion treating trial undue influence Vict vote or refrain voter witness Youghal
Popular passages
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.