§ The Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, 1854 to, 1883.
§ To the Right Honorable The Speaker of the. House of Commons.
§ We, the Honorable Mr. Justice Cave and the Honorable Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, 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 sail Acts certify that upon the 15th, 16th, 19th. 20th, and 21st days of December 1892, we duly held a Court at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for the trial of and did try the Election Petition for the Stepney Division of Tower Hamlets between William Rushmere and William Charles Steadman, Petitioners, and Frederick Wootton Isaacson, Respondent.
§ And in further pursuance of the said Acts we report that at the conclusion of the said trial we determined that the said Frederick Wootton Isaacson, being the Member whose Election and Return were complained of in the said Petition, was duly elected and returnee t for the said Borough. And we do hereby certify in writing such our determination to you
§ And whereas charges were made of corrupt and illegal practices having been committed at the said Election, we, in further pursuance of the said Acts, report as follows:—
- (a) That no corrupt or illegal practice was proved to have been committed by or with the consent or knowledge of any candidate at such Election.
- (b) That there is no reason to believe that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the Election for the Borough of the Stepney Division of Tower Hamlets, to which the said Petition relates.
§ Dated this 22nd day of December, 1892.
§ LEWIS WM. CAVE.
§ ROWLAND L. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.