HC Deb 11 August 1893 vol 16 cc107-8
Mr. SPEAKER

informed the House that he had received from the Judges appointed to try the several Election Petitions the following Certificate and Report relating to the Election for the Borough of Halifax:—

The Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, 1854 to to 1883.

To the Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons.

We, the undersigned Judges of the High Court of Justice, and two of the Judges for the time being for the trial of Election Petitions in England, do hereby in pursuance of the said Acts certify that upon the 11th day of August, 1893, we duly held a Court at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, in the County of Middlesex, for the trial of and did proceed to try the Election Petition for the Borough of Halifax, in the West Riding of the County of York, between Alfred Arnold, Petitioner, and William Rawson Shaw, Respondent.

And, in further pursuance of the said Acts, we report that on the said 11th day of August, 1893, after the examination of some witnesses, and after hearing Counsel for the Petitioner and for the Respondent, we ordered that the Petition be dismissed with costs.

And we further determine that the said William Rawson Shaw, being the Member whose Election and Return were complained of, was duly elected and returned for the said borough, and that Alfred Arnold was not duly elected for the same; and we do hereby certify such our determination.

Dated this 11th day of August, 1893.

H. HAWKINS.

LEWIS CAVE.