The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

THURSDAY; JUNE 2ND

The proceedingS opened this. morning with the examination
of James Willett, who deposed::: Lam a freeman and a black-
smiths' striker,.of Liverpool. I voted at the last election for
Mackenzie and Turner. A great many of them canvassed me.
I was in the procession on the nomination day. Mr-Buckley
Jones, in-whose place I then was- employed, did not canvass
me. I polled from Evan Jones's, in Park-street : nobody went
with me. I walked part of the way, and rode the restof it. I
did not work at my trade on, the polling day. My wages are
about 3s. a-day. I got five days' pay at the end of the week,
having been off one day. I received my wages at my, master's
office. The foreman paid me at Williams's public-house. The
name of the foreman who paid me my wages at the end of the
election week is John Gillen.. know Storey; he is a.clerk of
their concern. He paid money to the foreman, and he divided
it among all the hands. 1 did not receive any money. from any
body else that week.
Cross-examined: I received' wages from the same foreman
who usually pays me.
By the CHAIRMAN:. L received 155., and I didi not do any
work either on the nomination day or the election.day.
Edward Newton : I am, a freeman of Liverpool, and polled at
the last election for Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner. I worked
for Brady and Johnson. I voted from no house-bat my own.
I polled in Toxteth ward about two o'clock. know the Royal
Oak, but I was not there either on the polling day or the day
before. On the polling day I saw .Tr. Buckley. Junes in Park-
street, speaking to• some parties ; he did not speak to me. I
was paid my wages-on the Saturday after the. election I re-
ceived l 145.; that was for six days. I was Bs. a-day ;
I was a day off in the week : they did not pay me for the day I
was off. I had so mach piece-work that week.it made for both
day and piece-work 14s. I was paid by one of the partners,
Mr. Johnson, who usually paid me. I received. ss. that week
from a person of the name of Jones, who. keeps the hotel : I
was standing by my door on Sunday when, he came up to me,
and handed me ss. I asked him what it was.for : he said, for
the election, of course. I saw him before I polled; and, as I
worked in the next yard, I saw him several times every day. I
spoke to him the day before the nomination;: and, to the best
of my knowledge, the election was not spoken about. I did
not know he was an active person in the election. I was in his
house sometimes; not the day before the nomination. I had
some conversation with him on the subject of the election : he
asked me what parties I intended to vote for; I said for the
Red patty. He asked me to come and vote from his house,
and I said I did not know whether I would come or not. We
had not spoken about the money ; and when he came and gave
me ss. I was quite taken by surprise. I did not think anything
about it.

Cross.examined : I was not canvassed to sell my vote for
money. The Li 14s. was paid in the ordinary way for the
actual work I had done during that week. I had never made
up my mind to vote for the Red party before the election.

Thomas Benjamin : I am a freeman of Liverpool, and at the
last election voted for Mackenzie and Turner. lam a black-
smith, and during the election worked for Buckley Jones. I
worked on the nomination day, bat not on the polling day.
received 15s. for my week's work. I did not receive a half-
penny at the end of the week. I might have had ss. for polling,
but I left it with the misses of the Oak public-house to pay for
the drink I had. Mrs. Evans told me there was ss. given for a
day's work the day after the poll. It was all over the town; I
called in and had a pint after my work, and left the ss. to pay
the score. The name of the man who keeps the Oak is Evan
Jones, and when I speak of the misses, I mean his wife.
When I had begun I did not pay for it. When I did not pay
for the liquor, while I was drinking out the 55., nothing was
said. It was the day after the polling I first heard of the as.
The first drink I had was on the night of the poll, and on
Saturday night I went and told her to keep my ss. tbr the day's
wage to pay my score.

Cross-examined 1 had nreviously a little score at the Royal
Oak, and on the night of the polling I went in and added to it.
I had not promised my vote to any one before the poll, although
I had been canvassed by people from the town. I went to the
polling booth, and voluntarily voted for Mackenzie and Turner.
George Jones : I am a freeman of Liverpool, and at the last
election polled from the house of Evan Jones, the Royal Oak.
I went in a 'bus with other voters. A person named Harrison
was there. We went about nine o'clock. After I polled I
went back to the Oak again. I knew Mr. Buckley Jones after
I came back ; he was at the Oak. There were other voters
going up from the house to the poll in the same way. They
might go in a 'bus most like, but I don't know. I never saw
Mr. Jones making arrangements to send the voters up. I
remained in the Royal Oak about half an hour, and I only saw
Mr. Buckley Jones once. lam a shipwright, and worked at
that time for Messrs. Mackey and Miller. I had ss. a day then;
now I have 65., wages being better. I did not work on the
nomination or election day. I received at the end of the week
a week's pay. I received for a lump job I took for Mackey and
Miller. We worked night and day to finish a job. The week's
wages came to 30s. I received that sum from Mackey and
Miller's office. Mr. Miller's son or the clerk pay the wages,
I can't tell the clerk's name. I know a man named Griffiths,
but he never paid me my wages in my life. Griffiths did not
pay me my wages that week. After the polling day I did not
receive any money from any person except the 30s.
Cross-examined : I did night-work during the election week.
We were all knocked off, voters and non-voters, on the election
day. In consequence of the arranncrement made with our master,
he paid us for the full week's work. The payment of my wages
had nothing whatever to do with giving my vote. I did not
promise anybody once. I did not generally vote "Red."

Cross-examined : I got a day's pay the week following from
Evan Jones, in his own house—it was ss.
By Mr. Paget : That was in addition to the 30s. I did not
know I was to get them till the middle of the next week. I
heard of the 53. from other men, freemen, working in the same
yard. Dodd and Simon Croft were parties who told me of the
money. I know Newton. He might have polled " Red," but
I did not see him. I don't know Thomas Benjamin. I know
John Boles ; he is an old man, past labour. I saw him at the
Oak when 1 was there. He is a ship-carpenter, past work. 1
know Richard Richardson, but did not see him at the Royal Oak.
By Mr. Smith : It was before the election I first heard of the Is.
By Mr. Ball : Nothing was said to me of the money before
voted.

Owen Jones : I am a freeman, and voted at the last election
for Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner. I voted from the Old Oak.
I am a shipwright, and at the time of the election I was work-
ing for Mr. Buckley Jones; I had at that time ss. a day. I
walked up to the poll. I worked on the nomination day, but
after nine o'clock I knocked off. I did not do more than a
quarter of a day's work on the polling day. 1 was paid on the
Saturday night by the clerk for Air. Buckley Jones. Storey has
been in the habit of paying me for some time. He paid me Rs,