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asking coo if I had received a promise hem tips Moot-
bees putt'; Mr. Halm was remit ; I don't remember
whether I ever received such a promise; bat perhaps
I might have received 11.11; I did Dot go up to hes-
doo, bat I was carried there. (The witaetra coodorted

himself so impudently, that his Lordskip found it ac-
cessary to reprinmod him severely for ►is mist:midst%
in the box.) I was never asked which of my hones
had bought with the money 1 had received at the elec-
tion ; 1 was never asked why 1 told so silly a story be-
fore the Comnsittee of the House of COMMONS; nor di I

I ewer say I did not care what I said Aare so I made
out a story. The witness was re-esansined by M
Oaselee.—l met Mr. Halm in the street and went with

bite to Mr. Wearne's; Mr. Halm said, *. Job• yo.l

shall not go to London is your old frock: you are
going amongst gentlemen; you can do a ►ittle good if
705 055•5;" 1 rid. 4, 1 trios se dors sr tray gr .
stoma say good that lies is my power." tie said
" you were not offer*, any thing by me," I replied,
.6 you most recollect what you offered me yours..lf."
Mr. liaise clasped his heads and said to Mr. Wearne ;

So help use Owl, I never said so." Mr. Weavne said,

•• I'll be •worn Mr. Heise never said se." 1 said, is Mr.

Wearne, I always thought you a• hottest man, bat ■owe
I think you as had as the rest; how can yon know
what passed when you were a quarter of a mile off F '

Mr. Wearne replied, that if 1 swore in London to what
I then said, he would swear the contrary.
James Briant—l am a voter for St. his; 1 know
Mr. Halse ; be gave me a half-crows ticket to drink
Mr. Graham's health. On the morning of the election
I saw him again at my hosse; he said, "if you will
vote for Evelyn instead of Colonel Meade, I will :1-
sure yon a double vote, as good as thirty pausds."-1
told him I had given my word and I would stand to
it. 1 was leaning over the batch of my door when
IMr.. liaise said this ; my wife was blowing the ire.
Ann liriant, wife of the last witness, said she w.is
present when Mr. liaise asked her husband to vote Cs;
Mr. Evelyn ; she replied to Mr. Hake that low linsb.tA
had given his voice already sail should not change.—
Mr. ll.ilse said, if her husband would vote for Mr.
Evelyn lie should have the price of a donble electien,
as pm,' as 39/. to him. Mr. liaise went away very
angry. She got a ts. 6J. ticket from James Young,
Mr. lialse's clerk, and she bought stockings with i:.
Cross examined by Mr. Adam--I saw you in London;
1 can't swear that I said a word abont the 301. in Lon-
don, before the Committee of the House of Comment.
1 don't Imo* whether 1 did or not. 1 am tare Idi i

state about the 391. there. I don't think I said so.
urn sure I did not. I believe I did. I don't know
whether I did or nut.
Hobert Quick is a voter of Rt. Ives; was canvassed
by M. Hale* Were the last eleertint ; Mil<ed Mr. Halle
to si eak to the Mayor, that he (witness) might be made
a constable ; expected to get a guinea by this ; asked
Mr. Hake for a ticket ; Mr. Hake at first said he had
nothing to do with it ; then that he gave some tickets
to volunteers ; and then bid witness stay, and wetit
nut. Mr. Ilitchins canoe in and gave witness a ticket.
Some time after Mr. Hake asked witness to vote for
Mr. Evelyn, and said if he would Julio, he should have
the same as Mr. Graham's voters got.
Elizabeth Quick received a live shilling ticket from
her husband at the last election ; she bought cheek
for aprons with it.
Sarah Giles lives at St. Ives ; her hush.ind is a v ter
for the Borough ; Mr. Hake said if her husband
would rote fur 3lr. Evelyn, it would be for his ad-
vantage ; she told him her husband %%until not taro
his voice.—tross-examined.—Knows Elizabeth Quick

she is a fortune-teller and told witness her fortune 107
twopence. Ntver had any conversation with Eleanor
Symons sh,nt liaise, but has told many that he
offered her money, but never said she had had any.
Witness was at a wrestling match after the election ;
was selling gooseberries; had no conversation with
Mr. Halse there ; never told Mrs. Symons or Mrs.
Quirk that she had. Her husband never asked her
before Mrs. Symons or Mrs. Quick, what she should
say when he went to London ; be is a very honest man ;
as honest as any at St. Ives.
Mark Hollow, is an elector of St. Ives; knows Mr.
list's, who u:lereil him 3(11. for his vote before the
last election.

Ann Hollow is wife of the last witness; Mr. 14:Ise
offered her husband t • fare as a double vote, it h.
would stay at home, and not to attend the election.
Her liusihthil went to the election and she went with
him ; he voted fur Sir Walter Sterling and Mr.
t.raham.

Serie:ant PELL addressed the Jury on behalf of the
def. lidant. After enlarging on the nature of the
charge and the importance of purity in the elective
body, and the necessity of the Meuibers of the House
of Cominuos being. above suspicion, he remarked ou
the hart drip thrown on the de:entlant, by there being
no less than tteenty):•ur counts in the indictment, and
his nut knowing to which of these the prosecntors
meant to codine themselves. lie then proceeded to
remark on the evidence given in support of the prose-
cution ; and concluded by recommending the Jury to
remember that mercy is the distinguishing characteris-
tic of the English laws, and declared that in his con-
science he believed the defendant WA% not guilty of the
Chargr brought against biro. .rhe 1011cming
evidence
was given for tit..
Wearne is a in..rchant of St. Ives; has
known the defendant for the last 15 years; was much
with him when he canvassed the Boeotian before the
last election; was much in his confidence; knows
Phillips ; was told by him in May lust that be bad
never received au- prowlse from the party of the Sit-
ting Members; knows hock Hollow ;. saw Mr. liaise
at his (Hollow's) shop; hut did not pay. particular at-
tention to what they did. Mr. Halse said that as
Hollow's father was about to give a vote to each dille
opposite parties; it made no diierence whether he
mine to the election or not, as be has ill. Never
heard Mr. liaise say that if Hollow voted for Evelyn
he should be rewarded. Knows Sarsir tints; bad a
conversation with her at her own honsrols the 12th of
August last. Witness said Ise- ooderstood • site had
given eiidence against Mr. Ilalse at Boilmin ; she said