Reports of the Proceedings Before Select Committees of the House of Commons, in Cases of Controverted Elections (Volume 1); Heard and Determined ... the Seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain

by Simon Fraser

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1793. ... the pernicious effects of such corruption, because the crown will intersere by a new charter of incorporation, and a committee of the House of Commons will rescue the real electors of the borough from an unjust attempt to deprive them of the right of representation. Mr. Partridge. The case for the petitioners being concluded, Mr. Partridge said, He was counsel for Mr. Burgess and Mr. Abbot, who had been returned by the only surviving member of the ancient corporation of Hellston, and who hoped to support their title upon principle and; authority, as well as former decisions. Aware of the strong ground on which he stood, his friends on the other side had said, That the committees who had decided this case, were mistaken in their, opinion of the law, and that a case had since been determined by the court of King's Bench, persectly applicable to the present question, and founded on all the authorities which had been cited. It was singular, however, that if those authorities contained the fame principle, it should have been necessary to argue so much at length the case of the King and Pasmore. In proving the reverse of this proposition, he should follow the course already pointed out to. him; and premising a short history of the boD 3 rough, rough, should proceed to consider what was the law on this subject previous to the case of Colchester and Seaber. 2dly, The determination in that cale; and 3dly, The subsequent case of Pasmore, which has been so much relied on. The committee would observe, that the charter, of Elizabeth is not an original grant, as it recites two prior charters, one of John, and one of Richard II. the grantees of which were not the mayor and comonalty, but the burgesses of Hellston, who had personal privileges conceded to them by those ch...

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First published November 1, 2013