Petition Against Sir Robert Stout's Return.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington. This Day. The petition .against Sir Robert Stout's elctiou is addressed to the Chief Justice. It is alleged that Sir Itobcrt Stout, by his agent, A. H. Logan, offered, or promised, to procure valuable consideration to one William Jackson Barry to induce him to vote for Sir Robert Stout, and that this valuable consideration was duly given in consideration of Barry having voted at the election. (It is understood the section refers to a bet Logan is alleged to have made of a suit of clothes that Sir Robert Stout would not get in.) The other grounds are that Sir Robert Stout employed paid agents as clerk canvassers, etc ; That he hired a conveyance to carry the electors to and from the poll ; and that, by his agent, Logan, he made various wagers, bets, and other risks, with Barry and other persons. The petition was delivered at the Returning Officer's residence, |iv his absence, on Friday aud a duplicate copy way posted the eamc day.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 204, 2 January 1894, Page 2
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175Petition Against Sir Robert Stout's Return. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 204, 2 January 1894, Page 2
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