HC Deb 19 May 1924 vol 173 cc1838-9

  1. 1. That the said Respondent was guilty of the following illegal practices:
    1. (a) Incurring expenses in excess of the maximum allowed by Law in contravention of Section 8 of The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883;
    2. (b) Knowingly providing money for payments in contravention of Section 13 of the said Act;
    3. (c) Making payments in respect of the conduct or management of the said election otherwise than by or through his election agent in contravention of Section 28 of the said Act.
  2. 2. That the said James Charles Johnstone was guilty of the following illegal practices:—
    1. (a) Incurring expenses in excess of the maximum allowed by Law in contravention of Section 8 of the said Act;
    2. (b) Knowingly providing money for payments in contravention of Section 13 of the said Act;
    3. (c) Satisfying claims barred by Section 29 of the said Act;
    4. (d) Failing to transmit a true return respecting his expenses at the said election in contravention of Section 33 of the said Act.
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  3. 3. That Eveline Reine Gray, the wife of the Respondent, Percy Linaker, and Joseph Colegrove wore each of them guilty of the following illegal practices:
    1. (a) Knowingly providing money for illegal payments in contravention of Section 13 of the said Act;
    2. (b) Making payments in respect of the conduct or management of the said election, otherwise than by or through the Respondent's election agent in contravention of Section 28 of the said Act.
  4. 4. That there is no reason to believe that corrupt or illegal practices have extensively prevailed at the said election.
  5. 5. That certificates of indemnity have been furnished to the persons found guilty of the above-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices in pursuance of Section 59 of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883.

A copy of the evidence and of our judgment, taken by the deputies of the Shorthand Writer of the House of Commons, accompanies this our certificate.

JOHN SANKEY.

RIGBY SWIFT.

Dated this 14th day of May, 1924.

Ordered, "That the said Certificate and Report be entered in the Journals of this House."

Copy of the Shorthand Writer's Notes laid upon the Table by Mr. SPEAKER.