§ Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868. To the Rt. Honble.
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons.
§ We, the Honble. George Denman, and Sir Henry Lopes, knt., Judges for the trial of Election Petitions in England, do hereby, in pursuance of the said Act, certify that upon the 18th day of June 1880, and the following day, we held a Court at Wallingford for the trial of, and did try, the Election Petition for the Borough of Wallingford between Edward Wells, Petitioner; and Walter Wren, Respondent.
§ And, in further pursuance of the said Act, We certify that we determined that the said Respondent was not duly elected and returned, and that the said Election is void. And we hereby certify in writing such our determination to you.
§ And whereas charges were made in the said Petition of corrupt practices having been committed at the said Election, we further, in pursuance of the said Act, report in writing to you as follows:—
- 1. That no corrupt practice was proved to have been committed by or with the knowledge or consent of any Candidate at the said Election.
- 2. That the following persons were proved at the trial to have been guilty of corrupt practices, that is to say, of bribery at the said Election:—Harry Hedges, Thomas Hedges, James Rusher, John Rusher, Charles Harris, Joseph Lamb, Edwin Butcher, Isaac Wilkins, George Sanders, James Pratt, James Taplin, and John Green.
- 3. That we have no reason to believe that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the Election to which this Petition relates.
§ Wallingford,
§ 19th June 1880.
§ GEORGE DENMAN.
§ HENRY C. LOPES.