authentic report evidence proceedings before (2 Ergebnisse)

First edition, 8vo (227 x 140mm), viii, 260pp., orig. boards, rather worn, spine perished, lower board detached, uncut.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, [iv], viii, 260 pp, scattered foxing, mostly in latter part, later 19th century quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear to top and bottom of spine and joints. With the bookplate to rear pastedown of Charles & Olga Clarke of Gatcombe Court in Flax Bourton near Bristol. Charles Cyril Clarke (1882-1968) was a prominent Bristol solicitor whose family firm Clarke Gwynn & Press merged with Osborne Ward Vassall Abbot & Co in 1969 to form Osborne Clarke. The Bristol election of 1812 was contested by Samuel Romilley, an abolitionist Whig, Richard Hart Davis, a Tory, and the radicals Edward Protheroe and Henry Hunt, later known as Orator Hunt. The poll, which was lost by Hunt and Protheroe, was marred by violence, allegations of heavy spending by the candidates, intimidation and outvoting , i.e. sneaking in voters from the surrounding counties. Hunt caused a huge disturbance and is one of the chief cross-examiners in the report of this parliamentary investigation, which sees him seeking out the skulduggery by which the poll was lost. Hunt's case was unsuccessful.