§ In the matter of an Election Petition for the Borough of Carrickfergus, between Marriott Robert Dalway, esq., Petitioner; and Thomas Greer, esq., Respondent.
§ We hereby certify to the Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons, That the above mentioned Petition was tried before us at Carrickfergus on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th days of June 1880, and that at the conclusion of the said trial we did on the said 7th day of June determine, That the said Thomas Greer, whose Election was complained of by the said Petition, was duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for the Borough of Carrickfergus.
§ We further certify that the claim for a scrutiny contained in the said Petition was abandoned by the Petitioner.
§ And, in addition to the foregoing certificate, we hereby further report to the Right Honourable the Speaker, That no corrupt practice has been proved to have been committed by or with the knowledge or consent of any candidate at such Election; and further, That on the evidence before us, it did not appear that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the said Election, and we have no reason to believe that corrupt practices did extensively prevail at said Election.
1533§ We beg also to state that a copy of the said Petition, and a copy of the Evidence given at the trial, taken down by the shorthand writer of the House of Commons, accompany this certificate.
§ Given under our hands at Carrickfergus this 8th day of June 1880.
§ RICHARD DOWSE, Baron of the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland,
§ MICHL. HARRISON, Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, Common Pleas Division,
§ Two of the Judges on the rota for the trial of Election Petitions in Ireland.
§ To the Right Honourable
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons.
§ And the said Certificates and Reports were ordered to be entered in the Journals of this House.