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House informed that the Committee had determined,—
That Henry Mather Jackson, esquire, is not duly elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the City of Coventry.
That the last Election for the said City 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 Henry Mather Jackson, esquire, was, by his Agent, guilty of bribery at the last Election.
- (2.) That it was proved to the Committee that Thomas Yardley, John Lee, William Weston, William Oswin, and William Moon, were bribed by Stephen Knapp.
- (3.) That it does not appear that these acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge or consent of the said Henry Mather Jackson, esquire.
- (4.) That there is no reason to believe that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the last Election for the said City.
§ Report to lie upon the Table.