WAITEMATA ELECTION PETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 7 February 1894, Page 5

WAITEMATA ELECTION PETITION.

PALMER V. MONK.

SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.

EVIDENCE TAKEN YESTERDAY.

AMUSING DISCLOSURES.

THE ELECTORS AND THEIR BEER.

After we went to press yesterday afternoon, a considerable amounb of evidence waa taken at the Supreme Courb, before Sir James Preodergasb, Chief Justice, and Mr Justice Conolly, in bhe Waitemata election petition case, Jackson Palmer v. Richard Monk, in which Mr Palmer seeks to annul Mr Monk's return to Parliament for the Waitemata seat, on the ground of corrupb practices. The following evidenco was adduced tor the petitioner : — Philip Gibbes, gumdigger, of Taupaki, whose examination was continued, said :— Witness told the Knights and all the Brigham'a Creek people about bhe trap which was to convey them to the Taupaki polling booth on bhe day of the election. THE " BILLY " OF BEER. Mr Baume : Mr Gibbes, did you have a " billy" in which there waa beer on the polling-ground at Taupaki?. Wibness: Yes. (Laughter.) Mr Baume: Waa ib a large billy? (Laugh ber,) . Witness : I didn'b take particular notice. I don'b think ib would hold bhree gallons. (Laughber.) Did ib hold very much beer ? Witness: 1 know bhe beer did not lasb very long. (Laughter.) Did you fill the " billy " up often ? Yes, I filled it up twice. The Bench : Was this ab the poll ? Yes, at the polling booth, Your Honor. Mr Baume: The beer came from the hotel, did ib nob ? Witness : Yes. Did you pay for ib ? Witness : No. How did you geb it ? Mr Deacon sent ib down, as I had previously asked him to do so. I told him that we were very thirsty there. (Laughter.) Mr Justice Conolly: Thab waa tor you and Mr Newman, as you bad been walking aboub so much ? (Laughter.) Mr Baume : Who was the beer given to ? Witness : I had some of it. Did any of the voters have the beei ? Yes. Some of them did nob care to go to the hotel. (Laughter.) " MONKITES " AND " PALMERITES." . Did the Monkites or Palmerites get thebeer ? Oh, Monkites ! (Laughter.) Did any of Mr Palmer's supporters get any drink ? Some of Mr Palmer's supporters had a drink from the billy afterwards. (Laughter.) They said they did not care about going to the hotel, and 1 gave them a glass of beer as well. Your object in getting the beer waa to give it to Mr Mouk'a supporters, was it nob?

Yes, bub some of Mr Palmer's supporters whom 1 knew asked me if I would mind them having a drink too ? So i let them have it. (Laughter.)

Witness continuing said.that he had never paid for the beer, and had not been asked for payment. Witness had asked Deacon to send down the beer, and the latter did so. Witness believed that Deacon worked on Mr Monk's side. That was the general impression.

TIJB CROSS-EXAMINATION. Cross : examined by Mr Button : Witness did not promise to pay John James Nixon, ot Taupaki, for the conveyance of electors to and from the poll. He did not pay for bho conveyance. It was not at Mr Palmer's suggestion thab witness had written the two letters to Mr Monk asking for a settlement. Mr Button: Were you not once in the service of the Union Bank ?

Witness: Yes. Mr Button : In what position ?

Witness : I was a kind of general clerk. I resigned the position. Mr Button: Why?

Witness: Because I thoughb I could better myself otherwise. Mr Button : Was thab bhe real reason ? Well, I won'b presß bhe mabter further.

Sir James PrendergasS: Did you write the letter to Mr Monk under the feeling that you and Mr Monk had committed an illegal acb and thab Mr Monk had given you away. Wibness : Nob bhat I had committed an illegal act. I was owing Mr Nixon some money at the time. Sir Jamea Prendergaat: You did nob wanb Nixon to know thab you had bhat money to pay with ? Wibness : Yea. I owed a certain amounb of money in Auckland, and I don'b know whebher Nixon said I had been paid. Ab any rate, several peraons asked me to settle up tbeir accounts. printing bill. Charles Chambers, junr, accountanb ab the " Herald " Office, deposed thab they had an "agenb ab Helensville called Daniel Sbewart*. The office had done printing work for him lately, namely, 2,000 forma of queationa and anawera for the Waitemata election. They were charged to Mr D. Stewart. An accounb for that pri_tiug had been rendered to Daniel Stewart. The amounb waa £8 10a 4d, aa other'leaflets had also been printed. Mr Stewart did not complain aboub the accout.b being sent to him, or say tho good- had not been ordered for him. By Mr Bubbon: Witneas posted the ledger from bho day-book from which hia information was obbained aa to whom the goods were to be charged. Mr D. Stewart was their agenb at Helensville, and, upon enquiry in "the jobbing-room, tbe name was altered trom " B. " to "D. " Stewart. Mr Button pub in the accounb which had been charged Mr B. Stewart. The Chief Jußtice said that they must get to the bottom of the matter. Mr Button said ho mighb as well Btate thab Mr James Stewart, aon of Mr Daniel Stewart, waa Mr Monk's agent at HelenaviUe, and ordered bhoee leaflets. That referred to the laat lob of leaflets. Mr Baume said : I submit thab my friends are pubting me to a greab deal of unnecessary trouble and expense to prove my case. The Chief Justice: Why Bhduld you complain? . . Mr Baume: All I say is tnab ib v unnecesaftrVi Wibness farther stated that the accounta were generally senb oub from his office, bhe accountant's department. The accounb made oub in hie office was senb to Mr Daniel Stewart, storekeeper, and there was no doubt in his mind thab ib should be Daniel Stewart. There had been some mistake aboub bhe initials. AN ".INTIMATE FRIEND." Mr Hoyle being recalled deposed thab be knew P. Gibbea very intimately, and was often in bis whare, in fact nearly every night. Some time in August, Oibbes told wibness that he had been appointed to acb for Mr Monk. The Chief Justice: Can we take it as evidence that a man pays he has been appointed an agenb? Such evidence could not be taken. Mr Baume said bo thoughb he could nave called such evidence, bub he would nob press the matter. Wibneaa eaid thab Gibbes went round gettine the diggers to fill in claimß to vote. He asked them to support Mr Monk. Gibbea said there would be a barrel of beer outside the polling booth. Gibbes was canvassing

for Mr Monk, lb was some time later thab wibness began to canvass for Mr Palmer. Some bime iv September, Gibbes promised witness thab Monk would have beer there for those who supported him. After that witness, wrote to Mr Jackson Palmer, to see if he could not get something to do, as he had been connected with elections ab Home. Gibbes took ib for granted that he would get witness's vote, as they were so friendly. Witness saw Mr Monk and Gibbes together ab Taupaki. He had also seen young Monk several timea ab Gibbes' whare. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper, wibness said he was nob Mr Palmer a canvasser. He was appointed aa Mr Palmer's scrutineer, and thoughb ib righb to do hia best for bim. Witness was friendly with Gibbes righb up to the election. MORE beer. Witness had one glass of bhe beer supplied ab the back of the booth. Gibbes asked witness bo burn anything he did nob want when he lefb hia whare. Witness discovered the letters (produced), which he had handed to Mr Palmer. AN ELECTOR'S STORY. William Jackson, residing ab Taupaki deposed that he was an elector, and voted at Taupaki in tbe last general election for Waitemata. Wibness saw Mr Monk in Augusb ab Taupaki. Wibnesa went on bo assert volubly that he meant to tell bhe whole truth and nothing bub tho truth, when His Honor Mr Justice Conolly asked if the man was drunk. Witness : Excuse me, my Lord——— (Laugh ber.) Mr Baume : The witness ia not drunk, he is only excited. (Laughter.) Witness, proceeding, eaid he saw Mr Monk at Taupaki. Mr Monk asked if he had promised bis vote. Witness replied that ho had no interest in tho matter at all.' Witness told Mr Monk that he could nob geb a better man than Gibbes. Witness had travelled the world over, and knew pretty well that Mr Monk had an idea of asking him to be agent. That was why he recommended Gibbes for an agent. Tbe word " agent" was not used. A TEA PARTY. Monk lefb him and wenb to talk to Gibbes, and they wenb down to Gibbes' whare, where they had tea together. Gibbes canvassed witness on Mr Monk's behalf, and witness voted for Mr Monk. Witness was at tbe polling-booth ab Kumeu on polling-day. Witness was not drinking at all, and had nothing to drink for months before that. HE WOULDN'T DRINK. Gibbes offered witness a "pass" for a drink, bub wibness refused it. He voted after he waa offered the order. An order • for drink wouldn't geb his vote for any man. Two men named McLaughlin and Carven got an order for drink between them, marked " correct." He never saw so much drink in his life aa he did at the polling - boobh. A lob of them could not got inside on account of being so drunk. They were toppling over one another, and some crossed out the wrong name and others crossed out both names. (Laughter.) Thoy got the drink from the Kumeu Hotel. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper : Witness got money from England. It was not brue tbac wibnesa had nob knocked down a large sum of money bhis week. Ho bad inbended to go down and gob a bickeb for his paaaage bo Calcutta, in order to gst back to his own tea plantations. He did not feel as well as ho should do, or his evidence would have been very different (Laughter.) By Mr Baume :He had told the brutb, and if they wanted any further details he would give them. At bhis stage the Court adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The third day's proceedings in connection with the election petition of Jackson Palmer v. Richard Monk, re the recent Waitemata election, were opened ab the Supreme Court ab ten o'clock this morning. » THAT-PRINTING BILL. The first witness examined to-day waß William John Sydney Day, of the " New Zealand Herald " Office. This witness depoaed that he had a lisb of printing work which had beon done at tho " Herald " Office in connection with Mr Monk's electioneering campaign. The list (produced) included 2,000 leaflets of queations, ordered by Mr Newman, and 2,000 extracts from Hansard, ordered by Mr J. Stewart, junr., and Mr Hastie, the Secretary of the National Association. Of these circulars, 1,000 were delivered to Mr Hastie and the reat to Mr Stewart. The nexb ordor on November 23rd waa 3,000 leaflets, ordered by Hastie and delivered to Stewart, junr., and 1,000 more *' extracts " for Stewart, junr. On November 25th, 2,000 leaflets wero ordered by Mr Hastie and a country settler, and sent to ". B. " Stewart, Helensville. Thia leaflet was a copy of TESTIMONIALS TO MR MONK given by former workmen to showhhai a good character. All these had been charged in the ledger to Mr Daniel Stewart. Witness had no doubt when Mr Newman gave the order bhat it was on account of the " Herald " agent ab Helensville, Stewart, junior. Ho believed that there was a mistake in tho initials "B " and " I) " of tho Stewart ab Helensville. The National Association, witnesa continued in answer to questions, was a political association and supported Mr Monk. Cross-examined by Mr Button : Witness would not swear that Mr Newman did not mention Mr Daniel Stewart. He would not Bwear than the words " your agenb at Helensville " wero mentioned. STILL ANOTHER GUMDIGGER. George Knight- deposed thab he resided at Brigham'a Creek. He wae a gumdigger and knew Mr Philip Gibbos, who came to him and naked him whether he would pub his name on bhe roll. This was a monbh before the election. Four days before polling day, Gibbea came to him and asked him if he would vote for Mr Monk, and if so, he said, he would send a conveyance to take witness to the voting place at Kumeu. Witness told Gibbea he would do it. CARTINO UP THE VOTERS. A conveyance came to Brigham'a Creek on tn*e morning of the polling day and took wibnesa and hie " missus " to the Kumeu, three miles away, where he meb Gibbea. The conveyance was a spring cart, driven by Mr Nixon. AS tho Kumeu, Gibbea gave witness a paper with hia number on, saying that it would save a lot of trouble in tbo polling booth. Gibbos told witness to VOTE FOR MONK. Witness voted with bis wife, and on coming out again they gob into the trap and wenb to bhe hotel, where Mr Deacon asked witness if he had vobed for Mr Monk. Wibness aaid he had, and Deacon bhen gave him some beer. (Laughter.) Deacon told him to drink thab glass of beer up and "have another." Witnesa drank it up and ! had another. He was going to pay for them, only they were given to him and he ' didn'b pay for them. Deacon didn't ask him to pay for them. His wife also had some beer. Witness did-nob gebatickeb 1 for the beer. Nixon also had a drink. ! Nothing was said to witness aboub drink ' until he gob to Deacon's. Witnesa saw Ford there with a ticket to obtain drink. ! Tbis was in the afternoon. Ford said he 1 i,ad a tickeb for beer, and held ib up and bold wibness that he was going to have a '. "booze." A FEMALE VOTER. . A woman named Eliza Knighb, the nex fc ; witness, deposed that ehe lived ab Brig-

ham's Creek, and was the wife of the last" witness. She knew Philip Gibbea. She saw him before the election ab Nixon's store at Taupaki. Gibbes asked witness-to come inside and sign a claim for enrolment as an elector. This was aboub a monbh before the election. Nothing was said then aboub voting for anybody. A few days before bhe election she saw Gibb6B ab witness's house. Gibbes said bhab if she would vobe for Mr Monk he would send a horao and trap round for her and her husband to take them to the poll and back again. Witness* promised to go and vote for Mr Monk. She went toKumeu in the spring cart driven by Mr Nixon. Ab the polling booth she saw Gibbes, who gave her a number and eaid, "That's for Mr Monk." Witness then wenb inside and vobed for Mr Monk. She came out and went in the trap again and went to Deacon's hotel. THE "REFRESHMENTS." • When they got there Deacon asked them who they voted for. They said, " We voted for Mr Monk." Then Deacon said, " Will you have a glass of beer. V They bad a glass of beer each. Deacon said, " Drink that and I'll fiil bhem again." They then wenb bo the house of a friend. In the evening bhey came back bo tbe hotel wibh a friend and her husband bebween six and seven o'clock. She saw nothing particular take place there. They all remained from Ito 6 o'clock in Lennie'a house. George Knight, re-examined, said thab he had seen a man named Ford when Lennie wenb to vote, about 4 o'clock. In the evening ho went bo Mitchell's with hie wife. A PATRON OF. CRICKET. Michael Mooney deposed that he resided ab Taupaki, and was a gumdigger- He waa capbain of the local crickeb club. Wibnesa saw Mr Monk ab his election meeting ab Taupaki. He asked Mr Monk if he would become an honorary member of bhe crickeb club. He said certainly he would, and thab he would send a subscription. Witness had been living in bhe disbricb for aboub 1.3 yeara, and was well known there. He was in bhe habib of receiving documents and letters addressed to himself. Mr Baume : If I were to send you a subscription for the cricket club would it reach you if I sent it by post ? Witnesa : Certainly, ib would. Mr Baume : I have nob bound myself to send ib, I hope ? (Laughter.) Witness : Oh, wo will be very glad to get it, I'm sure. (Laughber.) Wibness, continuing, said he received a guinea subscription by cheque through Mr Gibbea. Ib waa Mr R. Monk's cheque. Yvlbness said he was ab M r Palmer's meebings ab Taupaki and Kumeu. He caw Mr Daniel Stewart and Mr Newman, of Helensville, at Mr Palmar'a meebing at Taupaki. Ab bhab meebing Mr Palmer said bhab Mr Monk's supporters —looking very hard at bhose bwo men—had boen " chivying " him (Palmer) about. A "SOB" FROM MR PALMER. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper: Mr Gibbes ia not a member of the Cricket Club. Mr Cooper: Is Mr Palmer an honorary member of the cricket club. Witness: Yes. (Laughter.) Mr Cooper: You got a guinea subscription—the same amount—from him too? Witness : Yea. (Laughter.) Mr Cooper : This was before the election. Witnesa: Yes. Who were presenb when Mr Monk said he would become an honorary member of the cricket club ? Ib was afber bbc meebing. I waibed till all were gone and then asked him. Waß the cheque payable to you ? No; to the Taupaki Crickeb Club. ONCE MORE THE GDMDIGOER. Henry Hayson, a youuig man, gumdigger at Taupaki, waa the next witness. He deposed bhab he voted ab bho lasb Waitemata election. Ho went to the polling booth in John James Nixon, trap. At the polling booth at Kumeu he saw Philip Gibbes. The latter said : A I suppose you know how to vote." Witness said he hadn't voted before. Gibbes gave witnesa a paper, and told him to crosß out Palmer's name and leave Monk's in when he voted. Witness bhen voted. Gibbes bad canvassed witness aboub a monbh or six weeks before the election. Mr Baume : Did he say anything aboub drink? Witness: Yea. The Bench : How was it you wenb down iv Nixon's brap Wibness: John James Nixon came wibh Ford in bhe trap, and I wenb up to the trap and gob into it. Mr Baume said he did nob allege any previous arrangemenb in thia inatance. The Bench : W hat did he say bo you ?

He asked me who I was going to vote for. I eaid I was not sure. I aaid I heard that Mr Monk waa cutting down tho working man'a wages. Gibbea said it waa " all bunkum," and that Monk had oflered £100 to any man who could prove it. Mr Baume: Did you see him again before the election ? Yes, out on the gumfield, aboub two weeks bofore the election. W hat did he say then ? He said, " Are you going down to vote ?" and witness replied, "I suppose so." That was all he aaid that day. I did nob have any conversation with him afterwards up to the day of the election. THE "LIQUOR TICKET." Mr Baume: Did Gibbea give you any paper with "Correct " on ib, for a drink ? Witness : Yes, he gave mo a pass with " correct" written on ib, and told me to go to Deacon's Hotel.* I wenb up in Nixon'a trap with my brobher, picking up Mr and Mra Knirrhb on bhe road. One bickeb sbood for drink for three, the third wes Ford. I handed the pass to Ford whon I got to the hotol. Mr Baume : What did Ford do with the paper ? Witness: He gave ib to Mr Deacon. Aa a result of that ? Ho gave us a drink each. (Laughter.) Who got the diinks? The throe of us, my brother and Ford. Nixon handed them round. We gob two drinks each. Who paid for those drinks ? No one ; the paper allowed us two drinka each, I believe. Judge Conolly : You didn't try for three drinka each on the paas? (Laughter.) Witnesa: No. How far waa the poling booth from the hotel ? Aboub ten minutes' walk. THE MUSICAL GUMDIGGERS. Waa there any noise or row there? Yea, there waa, in the hotel. There W6re a lob of them trying to dauce about. Were thero any musical instruments about? (Laughter.) Yes; there waa an accordion and a violin outside tho hotel where the people were dancing about. Wero there many people trying to dance ? About ton or twelve ,men and women. When Gibbes spoko to you was that the first bime you had heard of beer ? No; I had heard of beer before. (Laughber.) The bime I saw Gibbes ab Nixon'a sbore he aaid there would be a barrel of beer ab Kumeu. . / * Judge Connolly: Did he nob nsk you for your vobe for Monk on bhab day ? Wibness: Yes. A YOUTHFUL VOTER. Alberb Hayson, a young man, brother of bhe previous witness, was the nexb called. He deposed that he was an elector, and ■oted ab the lasb general elecbion. He lived ab Taupaki, whero he dug gum. Mr Baume : How old are you ? Witness: A little over 20; close on 21. (Laughber.) The witness was ab this etago allowed to stand down, counsel and Bench agreeing thab ib would be unnecessary to examine him.

A " FREE AND INDEPENDENT " ELECTOR.

The next witness was James Ford, another gumdigger, residing ab Taupaki. He deposed that h< voted at the Waitemata election ab the Kumeu. Witness knew Philip Gibbes, who saw him in connection wibh the election. He saw witness ab Taupaki on the day before the poll. Gibbes was staying with witness there. He spoke to witnesa about his vote. He asked wibnesa, " You know who you are going to vote for?" Mr Baume : Whab did he say then ? Gibbes aaid to me scratch oub " Palmer and Jackson " (laughter) and leave Monk's name. Where did you see Gibbea in company wibh the Haalons, before tbe election ? Up ab Mr Nixon'a store, aboub a week before tbe election. Had you seen him before thab at Nixon'a ? Yes, several time before that. Gibbs asked tbe Haslons who they were going to vote for, and told them that they had better vote for Monk. When we wenb down to vote we voted for Monk. Was anything said ab any time by Gibbes with reference to beer ? Mr Button objected to the question. Mr Baume : What did Gibbes say to you after you came out of the polling booth ? • THE BEER AGAIN. He Baid as how he expected there .would be some beer down directly. Afterwards he said he didn't think there would be any beer down, and he gave,us a paper to go up to Deacon's and get soin'e 'beer. He gave the paper to Haslon, and when we gob to the hotel, I passed ib over the counter to Mr Deacon. How did you get to the hotel? We went up in the trap. This would be about six o'clock in the evening. Mr and Mrs Knighb jumped up in the trap with us as we were going along to bhe hotel. Before I passed the paper over to him, I said to Mr Knight:■" We're going to have a drink." Well? Then we had two drinks each. Knight did nob have a drink in our company, bo far as I could tell. Do you know a man called Lennie ? Yes. He' was there with hia missus. The Bench: Did Gibbes tell you there would be beer bhore ? Yea. Gibbes told me aboub a forbnight before the election that very likely there would be a barrel of beer there. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper: I Bigned a paper for enrolment ab Nixon's. Am not sure thab bhere was anyone there ab bhe bime. The only bime I saw Knighb on bhe day of the polling was in the evening. j. smith's evidence. James Smith, an elderly man, waa the nexb witness. He deposed that he was a gumdigger residing at Taupaki, and bhat he had voted ab the lasb eloction. He knew Philip Gibbes, with whom he had several conversations aboub bhe electious. Gibbes asked witness who he was going to vote for. Witnesa said he had not mado up his mind, Mr Baume : What else did he say. Ho asked me if I wanted a conveyance to go to vote. I said no ; that I would walk over. I saw him at the polling booth, and I wenb and voted. Gibbes then told me that I might as well go up to the hotel and get some refreshments. This was about mid-day. Well, whab did he do bhen ? , He gave me a small piece of paper. I don't know whab was on ib. Did he say anybhing ? He bold me bo go up to the hotel and have a drink with it. Did you go up to bho hotel. Yea. I presented bhe paper bo the barl tender. It waa not Mr Deacon. He asked me what I would have. A "DROP OF BRANDT." Well? I said I would take a drop of brandy. And you got lb ? Yes, I got the brandy. Had you heard anything of drink before tbe polling day ? Yes, I had heard bhere was going bo be beer on bhe polling day. Have you ever seen young Monk and Gibbes together before the election ? Yes, I saw them together in Gibbes' whare two or three days before the polling day. Gibbea was making food ready for Mr Monk. What took place? Mr Monk asked me who I was going to vote for, and I said 1 didn't know. What,else did he say ? Mr Monk said: Remember you vote for the right party. r. England's statement. Richard England, the next witness, de* posed bhab he waß a gumdigger residing at Taupaki, and that he voted ab the last Waitemata election. He knew Philip Gibbos, and alao knew E. W. Monk. Ha had seen them together ence on the crickeb ground at Taupaki. Gibbea told witness that ho was working for Mr Monk in the election*, nnd he had canvaeaed wibneaa for Mr Monk. Witness waa abMr Monk's meebing ub Taupaki. Philip Gibbeß was asked for bhore by Mr R. Monk, two or three times. Mr Baume: When Gibbes canvassed you, what did he say to you about pollingday ? He said the polling booth would be at the Kumeu. HE WANTED SOME BEER. Witness asked him would there be any beer, and Gibbea said that he would see that I gob bwo or bhreo beere. Did Gibbes stay behind after Mr Monk's meeting was over ? Yes, ho stayed behind in the hall after the meoting was over. What took place on polling day ? Did you sco Mr Gibbea then? After I had voted Mr Gibbes came to me and said, " Well, I know you didn'b vote for us, but come and have a beer." He said that abraight. (Laughber.) Ho aaked my mabe to geb bhe " billy " filled ab the hotel, and wrote a notice in his (Gibbes) pocket-book and tore it out and gave it to my mate to get tbe beer. Th« mate's name wae Daniel Mildon. Well, whab did you and your mate do bhen ? Mr Baume (to wibness): To whom did Mildon give that order for drink. Witnesß : To young Mr Deacon. Did any drinking bake nlace ab the. hotel ? Yea, sir. Did you geb any drink ? Yes. ' Did Mildon geb any ? Yes. " GRATUITOUS " BEER. Who paid for the liquors? I don'b know, air. I saw some fifteen or twenty people in the side bar, and beers were fetched in for them, but I did nob see anyone pay for bhem. Mr Deacon called for the beer to be brought in. When we wenb up wibh the "billy," we had four beers. Sir James Prendergaeb: When you gob to bhe place where did you go ? To the hotel.. This was ab four in the afbernoon. Young Deacon aaid he would give us four beers if we would go down and vote. By Mr Baume : We "gob the four beers after wo came back with the billy. Old Mr Deacon "shouted" before we voted, when there were a lot of people present. Mr Baume: Can you toll us who Deacon waa working for, or whether he was acting for anybody ? Witness : No, I can nob. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper: At Mr Monk's meeting I don'b know whebhor Mr Gibbes prcpoaed the Chairman or not. After the luncheon.adjoummeub, Daniel Mildon waa called as a wibneaa. He deposed thab ho was a gumdigger, and re-

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