The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-21 00:00:00

REGINA V DOVES.

This was an ex officio information by the Attor-
ney-General against Daniel Boycs, for having been
guilty of bribery at the last election for the
borough of Beverley:
The same counsel appeared for the Crown in this
as in the previous cases ; Mr. E. James, Q.C., Mr.
E. P. Price, and Mr. Thomas Jones, defended.
At the last Beverley election the two seats va-
cant were contested by four gentlemen, Major
Edwards, Mr. Walters, Mr. Walker, and Mr.
Glover. The first two were elected. A petition
was lodged against each. Mnior Edwards main-
tained his position, hut Mr. Walters lost his seat.
Since then Mr. Walker has been elected without
opposition. A Parliamentary commission sat, and
this proSecution was the result. Mr. Boyes was the
friend and supporter of Mr. Walters, and was
charged with having bribed several parsons. There
was a house standing empty which belonged to
Mr. Boyes ; there was an entrance into it from
Toll Gavel. Mr. Boycs sat here in an inner room
with pen, ink, and paper. Questions were here put
to them about the election. They were then
motioned on to go into the next and adjoining
room, where another person was seated with a large
quantity of money, principally half-sovei eigns. Mr.
Boy es called a number and that amount was then
handed to the elector by the second. person, who
was within hearing. The recipients then passed
ou through a courtyard into Walkergate, a street
parallel to Toll Gavel.

Several witnesses were examined to prove the

ease.

Mr. Jarncs objected to the validity of the election
on the ground that the notice of the election was
not postponed in the usual place, as required by the
statute.
The Mayor of Beverley re-called and examined
by the Solicitor-General—He saw the copy of the
nol ice of the election posted on the Town-hall.
The objection was then overruled.
Mr. James then further objected that the regis-
ter of voters was never given to the returning
officer, as required by the Register Act, sth and 6th
Victoria, cap. 18, secs. 348-9.
The Judge thought such an omission did not dis-
franchise the voters.
Mr. James then took some more technical objec-
tions, which were overruled, and then went to the
jury. He urged that where the evidence against
the prisoner given by an accomplice was not cor-
roborated by any person other than accomplices
the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal, on the
well-known rule of law, that accomplices must be
confirmed in order to render a conviction valid, and
he contended that there was no confirmation here
except by accomplices, and it was exceedingly im-
probable that Mr. Boyes should have so acted.
The Solicitor-General replied.
His Lordship summed up. The question for the
jury was whether, under four of the counts, Daniel
Boyes had given the money for the purposes
alleged. His Lordship directed the jury as to the
law relating to the corroboration or accomplices,
and said it was a point for their consideration. He
must say this was a very different case from the
others which had been tried. This was a case of
paying sums of £2 and £1 to persons acting as
runners at elections, and he presumed that the
House of Commons himestly intended to put down
this practice, which was a very common one, of
paying for supposed services an uniform sum,
which, however, was very different from giving the
large sum proved to have been given for votes in
the Wakefield cases. The questions for them were,
did they believe that Boyes got this money, and for
the purpose of influencing and procuring votes ?
They must take the whole matter into their con-
sideration. His Lordship then read over the
evidence.
The jury retired, and, after a long absence, re-
turned with a verdict of guilty on the count charg-
ing the giving of a bribe of two sovereigns to the
witness Pougher.

REGINA V. TAYLOR.
This was another ex officio information, against
Robert Taylor, for giving bribes to voters at the
late Beverley election. The same counsel appeared
as in the last case. The defendant in this case was
the man in the passage who gave the money to the
voters in the house in Toll Gavel, or the "-Pump,"
as he was called.
The first witness called was John Turner Bishop-
rick, who objected on cross-examination to state
what his principles were. He said his principles
were to get all the money he could, and vote as he
liked best. Them was his principles. He had re-
ceived two guineas from Taylor on behalf of
Walters, and afterwards voted for Walker
.and
Edwards. He was a runner for them,
and liked
them best.
Two other witnesses were called, who were so
drunk when placed in the witness-box, that his
Lordship said it was impossible to go on, and his
Lordship directed an Acquittal of the defendant, as
there was no corroborative evidence of the first 'wit-
ness's statement.
This was the last of these prosecutions.

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