THE STANMORE ELECTION PETITION.
Christchurch, February 15. The petition of Cowlishaw against Mr Pilliett, M.H.R. for Stanmore, |was heard to-day. The reasons set forth were :—That Mr Pilliet, by his agents, had offered Mr Henry Tcomer £l2, or some other large sum, to induce him to retire from the candidature, and that Mr Toomer had in consequence retired ; that he had, in like manner, engaged an elector named John Scott as clerk to the Committee ; that he had engaged a conveyance for the purpose of bringing up electors to the polling booth ; that he had a larger number of Committee rooms—all paid for—than the Act allowed ; that electors had been treated on the polling day, either before or after they had polled ; that the respondent had offered Mr Alfred Thompson a valuable consideration, that he would act gratuitously as that gentleman’s parliamentary agent in Wellington ; that he had engaged Mr Hubert Medley as scrutineer, paying him a guinea for the day, and had not given Mr Medley’s name to the Returning Officer. The petition alleged further grounds, on which it prayed that the election of Mr Pilliett might be declared void. A large quantity of evidence was taken, and the case adjourned till to-morrow.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 524, 18 February 1882, Page 21
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204THE STANMORE ELECTION PETITION. New Zealand Mail, Issue 524, 18 February 1882, Page 21
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