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the election to near Huddersfield, where he had a married 

 daughter, and the contention was that he had been sent 

 there to keep out of the way. Anyhow, he was served with 

 a witness summons and given one pound conduct money. 

 He arrived in the witness-box in a semi-insolent state 

 of intoxication, and made defiant answers to questions 

 about who had canvassed him. Then, to quote from the 

 report which I have before me : 



JUSTICE DENMAN : "You have recollected several that you 

 said you could not remember at first. Tell us all. You are in 

 considerable peril of being sent to prison. " 



'-' Indeed, sir ! il 



" Yes ; you are.'- 1 



Then came a long series of questions about the half- 

 crown, and presently Mr Atherley Jones, for the petitioner, 

 asked : 



" Did you tell Mr Thompson that you would not give the name 

 of the person who gave you the half-crown until you came here ? " 



" No. He made me blind drunk." (Laughter.) 



" What did you say to Thompson when he asked you about 

 the half-crown ? " 



" I don't know what I said, because he made me blind drunk.' 2 



" Were you drunk when he asked you ? " 



" I should think I was ! " (Laughter.) 



JUSTICE LOPES : "- What did you have to drink ? " 



'-I don't know. I drank anything. 5 ' (Renewed laughter.) 



'' Will you swear that money was not provided for you to go 

 away with ? "- 



" No, sir, it was not. Why the deuce should I have their 

 money ? I have money of my own ! I don't like to be ' put on - 

 so very much.' 2 (Renewed laughter.) 



" I never heard of the subpoena until it was served on me at 

 Meltham [near Huddersfield], and they gave me a sovereign at 

 the same tune ; and I got very drunk that day. (Laughter.) It 

 was not suggested to me that I should go away. I went of my 

 own accord." 



'-' You were at the Fleece Hotel on the day of the election ? 



*' Yes.' J 



-" And were you drunk on that day ? '-' 



"- Yes. I was drunk at three o'clock." 



