HC Deb 31 January 1893 vol 8 c60

The Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868.

The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883.

To the Right Honourable the Speaker of the

House of Commons.

We, the Honourable Baron Pollock and the Honourable Mr. Justice Wills, Judges of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice, and two of the Judges on the rota for the trial of Election Petitions in England and Wales, do hereby, in pursuance of the said Acts of Parliament, certify that upon the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth days of December, 1892, we duly held a Court at the Town Hall, in the Borough of Montgomery, for the trial of, and did try, the Election Petition for the Montgomery District, between George and others, Petitioners, and Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, Respondent.

And, in further pursuance of the said Acts, we certify that we differ as to whether the member whose Election is complained of was duly elected.

And whereas charges were made of corrupt practices having been committed at the said Election, we, in further pursuance of the said Acts, certify that we differ in regard to certain of the said charges, and in regard to the rest thereof we agree that they were not proved.

And we find and report that no corrupt practice has been proved to have been or with the knowledge and consent of the Respondent.

And we find and report that no illegal practice was proved to have been committed at the said Election.

And we further find and report that there is no reason to believe that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the Election to which the Petition relates.

C. E. POLLOCK.

ALRED WILLS.

23rd. December, 1892.