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House informed, that the Committee had determined,—
That Granville William Gresham Leveson Gower, esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Reigate.
That the last Election for the said Borough is a void Election.
And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered in the Journals of this House.
House further informed that the Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions:—
1. That Granville William Gresham Leveson Gower, esquire, was, by his Agents, guilty of bribery and treating at the last Election:
2. That it has been proved to the Committee, That George Charles Beale received a bribe from C. J. Smith, the authorised Agent of the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, with a promise of
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further payment on account of having voted for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower:
That Josiah Ede was bribed by a promise of £5 made to him by Alexander Rose to vote for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subsequently paid £2 by Frederick Joyce on account of having so voted:
That John Farringdon was bribed by a promise of £5 made to him by Frederick Joyce to vote for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subsequently paid £3 by the said Frederick Joyce for having so voted:
That James Peters was bribed by a promise of £i made to him by Job Apted to vote for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subsequently paid £2 by the said Job Apted for having so voted:
That James Bonny was bribed by a promise of £5 made to him by Alexander Rose to vote for the said G.W. G. Leveson Gower:
That James Hall was bribed by a promise of money made to him by Job Apted to vote for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and received 30 shillings for having so voted:
That Alfred Latham was bribed by a promise of money made to him by Job Apted to vote for the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subsequently paid £3 by C. J. Smith for having so voted.
3. That William Johnson and other Witnesses proved that a system of treating prevailed at the last Election.
4. That the said bribery and treating were practised without the knowledge and consent of the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower.
5. That corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the last Election for the said Borough.
§ Report to lie upon the Table.
§ Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee to be laid before this House.—(Mr. Hussey Vivian.)