The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

any voter at that election. In fact he was money
out of pocket on that occasion, for he lent money to
Mr. Charlesworth to pay the toll-bar and for hold-
ing his horse, and he never had the " good manners"
to repay him. t

Mr. Archibald Crowther, spirit merchant, was
next examined. He said Joe Brear gave him £lOO
(not £2OO as that witness stated), for the purposes
of the election. He gave it to him all in gold in a
hag. Brear came into his shop in a great hurry, as
if somebody Was after him, and said, " Here's
£2oo,
do what you can with it." He (witness) gave £4O
out of the £lOO to a vote named Speake, and £4O
to another voter named Wainwright, a butcher, to
vote for Qharlesworth. The remaining 420 he spent
in incidental expenses, treating non-voters, &o. He
offered a person named Thomas Wilcock, a tenant
cif his own, £3O or 41,40 to vete for Charleswortit.
To Mrs. Burnell, a ilsinnonger' he said he had no
doubt he could get her £5O or £6O if her husband
would vote for Charlesworth The next person to
whom he offered money was Samuel Fieldhouse, to
whoa he he thought he might get him £4O.
Fieldhouse then went away, and_ witness went after
him next day, and told his wife he thought he might
get him £5O, and she told him to go to the British
Oak, where her husband was. There was a great
crowd about the house, and he dared not go in, but
afterwards he saw Fieldhouse, who said he would
take £5O to go away. He (witness) then said to a
person named Richardson, " What do you think
this man wants to go away ? He wants £50."
Richardson replied," Why, he has voted ;" and then
ho (witness) said to Fieldhouse, " You are a d--d
squinting scamp." He offered £5O to another voter,
named Lancaster. Brear never gave him money for
the purposes of the election except on the one occa-
sion of which he had spoken. He did not recollect
he ever told Brear he gave him only £lOO instead
of £KIO until that morning, after he had seen
Brear's evidence in the paper. Brear then said he
was zlot sure exactly how much he gave him
was hurried and excited at the time. He
did not ask Brear where the money came from.
He expected" it came from the committee.
He did not recollect " the stranger" and Brear
coming to his house, but Brear told him there
would probably be " a man in the moon " coming
by-and•bye. He would swear he never saw the
1" man in the moon " to his knowledge canvassing,
nor any other stranger.
Mr. Henry Brown examined. He said he was
private solicitor to Mr. Charlesworth and several
members of his family. He was mayor and re-
turning officer at the election of 1857. He heard
there was' a sum of from £3OO to £5OO spent by
Mr. Charlesworth at that election, but he could not
speak from his own knowledge. He was not aware
of any bribery going on at the last election (1859)
on Mr. Charlesworth's part. Re himself never
offered any bribe at that election. He contributed
to the expense of the petition to the House of
Commons against Mr. Leatham's return. He wished
Mr. Charlesworth to pray for the seat ; but, from
what he had heard since this commission began, he
should not have given Mr. Charlesworth that ad-
vice. He should think, knowing the people of
Wakefield as la did, that not above 100 of the
electors were Infely to take bribes. He had read
of the large amount of money which had been
spent at the last election, but he did not think it
could have been spent in bribery.
Mr. Thomas Rennard, innkeeper, examined. He
keeps the White Hart. He voted for Mr. Leatham,
and got £25 for his vote from Mr; Kenworthy.
He was canvassed on the other side by "a stranger."
They got talking about racing matters, and the
stranger said he could give him a good " tip." The
stranger then asked if £2O, or £3O, or £4O would
induce him to vote for Charlesworth, and witness
replied it would not, that he had promised to vote
for Leatham, and he would not break his promise.
That stranger-was rather a comely-looking fellow,
and of genteel appearance. He never beard that
man's name, nor who he was, nor that he was con-
nected with any one in Wakefield. It was about
the time of the Chester races, and the stranger said
he could give him a " tip" about the Royal Sove-
reign, who was then a favourite in the betting.
He thought by the man's accent that he was a
Yorkshireman ; he would swear he was, and also
that he was a West Riding man.
Mrs. Sarah Moxon examined. She said Mr.
Tomlinson (who was examined yesterday) called at
her house before the election and asked her who
her husband was going to vote for. She said she be-
lieved for Leatham, and he said it would be worth
her husband's while to be neutral and to go away.
She told her husband what had passed. She thought
Tomlinson meant that her husband should have a
sum of money if he voted for Charlesworth.
Mr. Thomas Halliday, a publican at Halifax, and
also proprietor of a colliery, was next called and
examined as to the evidence of the witness Bair-
stow, who stated he had been turned out of his
situation at witness's colliery because he voted for
Mr. Leatham. Witness did not turn Bairstow off
for that, nor did ho know how he voted until he
read it in Bairstow's evidence before the commis-
sion. What Bairstow had stated in his evidence
was; untrue ; he was discharged because the pit was
closed for a time.
Mr. Joseph Brear, who was partly examined.
-yesterday, was now recalled, and in reply to ques-
tions by Mr. Sergeant Pigott, said—l gave Archie
Crowther money only once. I stated in my evi-
dence yesterday that I gave him £290 ; but I be-
lieve now, from what Crowther told me this morn-
ing, that it was only £lOO. I looked at the bag
last night in which I kept the money given me for
the election, and there is only a sovereign and a
half-sovereign in it now. I got this bag (which he
produced) at the Strafford Arms. I took it up from
the table there, and knew very well what it was
for. I gave William Wright, a voter, first £25,
and afterwards £5 to vote for Charlesworth. No
one suggested to me to take this office. I'm sorry
to say I was a bit too forward. The money was
there (at the Strafford Arms) when it was wanted.
I was not told the "man in the moon" was coming
down—(a laugh)—but when he came and was in-
troduced by Mr. Alder, I thought it2was all right,
and did not look upon it as a matter of business,
but as a "bit of trap-hand work." (Laughter.)
) Mr. Slade—Was that " stranger" a Yorkshire-
man
Witness—Oh, I cannot say; you can't tell a
Yorkshireman nowadays. If a Yorkshireman
he
goes
u"Pt o
and London
heeled."fora (el,comes down again
clipped
a g h ter.)
By Mr. Sergeant Pigott—Of course I mean that
the offers I made to Cooling and Mitchell, which I
spoke of yesterday, were only in
Wm. Williamson examined—He said he got £35
for voting for Mr. Leatham. Mr. Shaw, pawn-
broker, gave him the money. That was three or
four days before the election. Before he got that
money, Joe Brear (the last witness) came to his
house and put • £l5 on the table, saying he left
it there, and no one could say he bribed him.
(Laughter.)
Charles Brady stated he got £3O from Brear for
his vote, and was offered £3O by Shaw to vote for
the other side.
Alexander Brady, brother to the last witness,
said he got a similar sum. He and his brother
both voted for Charlesworth.
William Cass also stated he got £25 from Brear
for voting for Charlesworth. lie was offered £3O
by Shaw (pawnbroker) to vote for Leatham, but
did not take it, because he never voted on that side.
Thomas Perkin deposed that he got £3O from
Brear for his vote for Charlesworth. He refused
£4O from Sharpley to vote for Leatham.
James Stead said he took £2O from Brear to vote
for Charlesworth, and refused £5O offered by Sharp-
ley to vote for Leatham.
Wm. Wells stated he received £4O from Brear,
and refused offers from Sharpley aid others of the
Liberal party.
Robert Beaumont said he got £25 from Joe Brear
for his vote; he had an offer of £2O to vote for
Leatham by a man named White.
Seim Ainley said he got £lO from Mr. Samuel
forlr.
Leatham,
a (pawn-
broker) a nnt-
Green for voting for Mr. Charlesworth. It was
bafter e electionrt)hoeffered im wasx3o
toyover.
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he would not take it because Mr. Charlesworth h
' but
his landlord.
Miss Sarah Rigg examined. She • said she knew
a man named William Cocker and spoke to I •
many a time about his vote.
She knew he was
going to vote for Leatham, and she asked •
him to
vote for Charlesworth. She offer d 1 •
e urn £2o—she
believed she offered him £so—if he would vote for
Charlesworth. She would
swear solemnly no one
authorised her to make
these offers. She did not
mean this when she said it.
Henry Taylor got £l5 for voting for Leatham
He was accosted in the •
street by " the stranger,"
who said be understood he was poorly off, and wit-
ness replied he was. Thereupon the stranger asked
him if £4O, £5O, or £6O
would not do him good (to
vote for Charlesworth). He believed Joe Brear
pointed him out to the stranger, for Brear
had spies after him for days.
The stranger
was a very good-looking man, well dressed,.and
apparently a little over 40 years of age. He,
(witnel,s) saw him "disappear" very suddenly
into the Strafford Arms. He ,asked the ser-
vant lass at that hotel who he was, but she said she
did not know who he was.
Mr. John Dobbs Goldthorpe examined—He said
he applied to Michael Cox to vote for Mr. Charles-
worth about a week before the election, but did i of
offer him a single shilling. He, moreover, told Cox,
who was his tenant, that he did not intend to turn
him out of the house lie rented from him on account
of the vote he intended to give. After that Joe
Brear came to his (witness's) office, and asked him
to send for the last witness, Taylor. He did so, and
when Taylor came he left them together. He bad ,