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withstanding the proper time for taking It bad
elapsed. In conformity with this promise, he
now contented himself with 'barely mentioning
the point as it had occurred at the trial, praying
the Court to give his client the benefit of it, if it
was of any weight.
The Court sere unanimously of opinion, that
as the question had been left to the Jury, as a
matter of evidence, and as they bad found the
defendant guilty, it was now too late to disturb
the verdict.
Affidavits Were then put in on behalf of Sir M.
M. Lopez,..in mitigation of punishment. The
first, whit% was his own, stated that he was up-
wards of 64 years of age, had been long afflicted
with an a.-.thmatic complaint, and that such was
his general state of health that any continuance
in or near London would be attended with the
most set ions Consequences. It concluded by stat-
ing that he had now come to London merety for
the ptirposd of attending this Court. The other
affidavits were made by Timo:by Symonds, Isaac
iVatts, William Allen, and three or four other

persons, the purport of whose depositions was,
that neither Sir M. Lopez, nor. George Hunt,
had dire'ctly nor indirectly solicited them to vote
at rite election for Grampound ; that they had re-
ceived from fbe.said George Hunt loans of 351.
each, in local notes, but not money of the current
coin of this realm ; that they had given notes of
hand for these sums, which notes were duly paid
before these'indictments were preferred. The de-
fendant, WM. Allen, put in no affidavits on his own
behalf. •

Almost all the other defendants put in an affi-
davit each, which was a literal copy of that de-
posed to by Timothy Symonds and the others
already mentioned.
Mr. SCARLETT then addressed the Court on be•
half of Sir M. M. Lopez, in mitigation of punish-
ment. He said, it would very ill become him
Uponau occasion of this nature, to attempt to in-
duce the Court to think lightly of the charge of
which the defendant had been convicted. He
certainly could do his client no good by any such
attempt. Abstaining, therefore, from any topics
for the purpose of diminishing the magnitude of
the oGnce, he lett that matter to their Lordships'
consideration. He intended only to apply him-
self to such topics as belonged to the individual
himself, attempting, as far as he could, to suggest
such as would, lie trusted, in some degree be
thought worthy of consideration, it was to be
observed, That the defendant had reaped no ad-
vantage from the offence of which he hall been
convicted, and that before it was consummated,
it was, for some reason or other, abandoned; and
it was also to he observed, that Sir M. M. Lopez
eras neither a candidate, nor was any person in
his interest a candidate tot Grampo,ind. Although
he did not mean to say that the offence was not
committed in point of la%v by the payment of mo-
ney for corrupt purposes, yet he trusted the Court
would not consider the defendant deserving the
same degree of punishment, as if he had prose-
clued his guilty purpose to final consummation,
and derived advantage from it. Another circum-
stance favourable to the defendant was, that it
appeared, tinder all the circumstances of the case,
he had been in some degree exposed to tempta-
tion and solicitation, by the application of per-
sons to induce him to do what his own mind
would not have suggested. There Was no evi-
dence that the defendant had 'at any time taken a
personal part in this transaction; and it was but
too well known how often an agent did what hip
principal never intended to sanction. It was fur-
ther to be observed, that although there were two
prosecutions against the defendant, yet that both,
in point of tact, arose out of thy same transac-
tion. Hard indeed, therefore, would it be for him
to suffer as for two distinct offences of the same
kind. After some few ob,ervations of the like
nature, the Learned Counsel concluded by calling
the attention of the Courtto the defendant's in-
firm state of health, which he hoped would de-
serve some attention in weighing the amount of
punishment, more particularly as the defendant
had already suffered severely by the public expo-
sure to which he had been subject, by expence,
and by uneasiness of mind.
Mr. A. AMORE and Mr. ADAM followed on the
same side, the latter Gentleman being also of
Counsel for the defendant Allen, on whose bcbalf
he principally urged the fact of his not having
voted at the Election.

The other defendants severally besought met•
cy, on account of their wives and families.
The ATTORNEY•GBN'ERAL said, it was unneces-
sary for him to use any arguments to convince
the Court, that • the offence of which the defen-
dants had been convicted called for the most ex-
emplary, -punishment. He contended, that the
topics urged by the Learned Counsel on the other
side ought to have no degree of weight with the
Court, inasmuch as all of them arose, not out of
any merit on the pelt of the defendant, but ra-
ther from circumstances which prevented the
completion of a crime which had been deliberately
meditated, and carried into execution as far as in
him lay. After some general and obvious remarks
upon the case, which the press of other matter
prevents detail, the Learned Attorney-General
called upon the Court to award such punishment
as would prevent the recurrence of this public
evil, and deter others from pursuing similar
courses.

Zile Court deliberated upon lhe case for a con-
siderable length of time.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY proceeded to pronounce
the judgment of -the Court, and in so doing, he
expatiated in-very strong language upon the cha-
racter of the offence of which the defendants had
been convicted. He said their crime was oneN
the greatest magnitude, and he confrsed his own
_defect of language to express the abhorrence in
Which such a crime ought to be held by every
man in the country. It was of the highest im-
portance to the public that the purity of Election
Should be preserved. There should be no inroad
into the House of Commons, by corrupt means ;
for how could the country have any confidence in
that House, if its doors were open to corruption,
or how could the public be induced to believe that
persons who obtained seats by such means, world
themelves be free from being corrupted in that
place ? The Learned. Judge then proceeded, at
considerable length, to animadvert upon the
conduct of the defendants, and after adverting