 | Henry Jeffreys Bushby - 1865 - 238 pages
...and next, as it exists by statute. Defined: Bribery at common law is a misdemeanour; and is committed whenever a vote is procured from, or disposed of by,...parties to the transaction agreeing in that intent. And as every attempt to commit a misdemeanour is itself a misdemeanour,1 the mere offer of a bribe to an... | |
 | Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Election Petition Judges - 1870 - 622 pages
...had the majority of lawful votes, that man's vote ought to be struck off the poll, but that is all. But it has been long held, before these Acts of Parliament...land, that is, law not created by the enactments of Acts of Parliament, bribery, undue influence, and undue pressure vitiate an election. So that if it... | |
 | Henry Jeffreys Bushby, Henry Hardcastle - 1874 - 356 pages
...next, as it exists by statute. Bribery at common law is a misdemeanour ; and Defined, is committed whenever a vote is procured from, or disposed of by,...parties to the transaction agreeing in that intent ; and the offence of bribery will be equally complete, whether the elector, after having been bribed, actually... | |
 | Henry Hardcastle - 1880 - 400 pages
...law ; and next, as it exists by statute. Bribery at common law is a misdemeanour : and is committed whenever a vote is procured from, or disposed of by, an elector for a valuable consideration,2 both parties to the transaction agreeing in that intent; and the offence of bribery... | |
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But it has been long held, before these Acts of Parliament passed at all, that by the Common Law of the land — "that is law not created by the enactments of Parliament — bribery, "undue influence and undue pressure vitiate an election... 