BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)
Sib,—SiDce writing on the above subject I have read the. new act, and notice the Government and its supporters can go on as usual bribing and corrupting, but any one in opposition will be punished for doing so. I allude to the cause binding the prosecutor to find sureties for the payment of the costs. In the event of his not proving the easo, who is going to prosecute? Will the person bribed do so against the Government, when, in the event of his not proving the case, he will be punished for so doing. In Personation there is a public prosecutor, how is it there is none for bribery and corruption ? If any one wants to understand what men will do for power, and what bribery and corruption can do, 1 would advise the perusal of an article in the September number of Temple Bar, entitled 11 Eecent History of the Second Empire," and ask themselves whether any one is the better for having unlimited power.— I aft, &c, P. B. P.
18th November, 1881
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4023, 19 November 1881, Page 3
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186BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4023, 19 November 1881, Page 3
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