ELECTION PETITION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 5

ELECTION PETITION.

''„,,: .v ; r ■'.;.' Diifiedin,'.January 21.' ' This morning the Barclay arid the; Thomson concerning "tfie , issue tcf be- contested before- Judge? Williams"and Bennistori next Thursday were lodgcd v in the Supreme-; Court:; After citing. the alleged; improperly! allowed or disallowed votes; -reasons -were given by ! tho pstitioner as under:—■■■-,■:.'-•■ \ ; . V\ l - - ■'- '. (1) Two voters were aliens,, arid.-werenot, British subjects when : enrolled; and'Wver'enbt entitled to bo enrolled. v e y. v . .■ . ,: : . v ,;. -.-. ■; ..(2) Seven voters are' from' voting. .. '.■"' ■ ..-•■ ■■(.'.-jV.te , ;,!) , .. , .:!-;;, 1 ;!;.-. I).-/; i..;,i; (3) One absent voter's rote should .be' dis-' qualified according tov]a,w..,j. ; ;,",-V j, ~ r .^ r . (4) One other, yoto' ; Bh6uld'.'b'e c '"treiiect 'as informal. '". ■' .>■.■'".-.•■/■' "■•■■/■^.■■•r,'-''\:\'"-:k-\?x~ The-respondent's objections may be summarised as under":—.-. ■':.= .;-:- ..;..-... 1 (1) The'sk votes mentionedl'.in the' petition were properly disallowed by the returning officer. . . i' I .'S-* , ;'. ( 'i ■~'.;' ■- (2) In Thomson at the election,^lieii should have receivwl'two votes, givpn; for. him under, the' number 2220, which votes "were disallowed by the returning officer'.on thejallegedA ground l that one .person, had, voted in two..different polling places, whereas two .different persons' had. voted for him in .two, different ipoljingplaces. ; -■!/:•': : vr. ;r-K--: ; .»•-;!;iftV •;. : (3) Tbe vote, of an ■absent/voter-recorded ih -} his favour as ! mentioned'.in;'the r ..petition'was rightly recorded. ..,.■, ■■"■■'.■'■■-.'J'.. '■' .; .■:'. ■• ■ .. . (4)-. It was not correct,. as',a)leg'oa petition, that some'.o;f ..tlie :b.aj[lot.na.peia;re-,i jectnd as iixformal were valid votes,recorded" in favour of the petitioner, busi'somo~df-ilie' ballot papers were valid votes given spondent. . . . : v.;. ,. 7 .. S.:':: , . r (5) On the abovo-grounds, -and because petitioner should have been disallowed- allvotes, mentioned in. the-'list'of vbtes'.objc'cfed. to by. respondent, respondent said that -petitioner" woiild. not have received*a majority of the valid .votes recorded'.-' ,^:'.',, ..''■ ; ""-'. (6) A general recount''of the votes could not now be made, as seventeen of the ballot papers used at the election,'■"and.ocrataiuing votes given and recorded in respondent's favour, had been abstracted from tlie custody of the returning officer and could not be- found. -...'. .'■ ■:.. '.'"■..' ;.--.":.; ..,' >