Cases of Controverted Elections: Determined in Committees of the House of Commons, in the Second Parliament of the Reign of Queen Victoria ... |
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... admitted to defend , and for Returning Officer- Mr. Maule & Mr. Rushton . Agents - Mr . Baker and Mr. Fitzgerald . THE petition was by electors in the interest of Mr. Bunbury . It contained allegations of bribery and intimidation , and ...
... admitted to defend , and for Returning Officer- Mr. Maule & Mr. Rushton . Agents - Mr . Baker and Mr. Fitzgerald . THE petition was by electors in the interest of Mr. Bunbury . It contained allegations of bribery and intimidation , and ...
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... admitted that it was a question on which there were conflicting decisions ; but all the de- cisions placed some limit to the extent to which it was competent to Committees to open the register , yet scarcely any two Committees who had ...
... admitted that it was a question on which there were conflicting decisions ; but all the de- cisions placed some limit to the extent to which it was competent to Committees to open the register , yet scarcely any two Committees who had ...
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... admitted that , by making the register final before the election commences , the temptation to partiality is much diminished , and the necessity for petitions in great measure avoided . The great expense also of investigations before ...
... admitted that , by making the register final before the election commences , the temptation to partiality is much diminished , and the necessity for petitions in great measure avoided . The great expense also of investigations before ...
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... admitted as indisputable on all sides , viz . , that before , and up to the passing of the Irish Reform Act , Committees of the House of Commons had full power to inquire into the qualification of voters , and that there was no express ...
... admitted as indisputable on all sides , viz . , that before , and up to the passing of the Irish Reform Act , Committees of the House of Commons had full power to inquire into the qualification of voters , and that there was no express ...
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... admitted , that the power of inquiry of Committees was not affected by the former system , this furnishes a strong argument against its having been affected by the latter . Great stress has been laid on the use of the word " con ...
... admitted , that the power of inquiry of Committees was not affected by the former system , this furnishes a strong argument against its having been affected by the latter . Great stress has been laid on the use of the word " con ...
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