THE

HISTORY

OF THE

CASE S

OF

Controverted Elections,

WHICH WERE

TRIED AND DETERMINED

During the First and Second Seffions of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, 15 & 16 GEO. III.

Mais fi les tribunaux ne doivent pas être fixes, les jugemens doivent l'être a un tel point, qu'ils ne foient jamais qu'un texte précis de la loi. S'ils étoient une opinion particuliere du juge, on vivroit dans la focieté fans fçavoir précisément les engagemens que l'on y contracte.—L'Esprit des Loix, liv. xi. c. 6. Quod neque inflecti gratiâ, neque perfringi potentiâ, neque adulterari pecu. niâ poffit.-Cic.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions.

LONDON:

Printed by Luke Hanfard,

For E. & R. BROOKE and J. RIDER, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, and JOHN STOCKDALE, Piccadilly.

1802.

SECT. I. Of the Jurifdiction of the House of Com-

mons in the Trial of controverted

SECT. II. Of the Authority of Precedents in Cafes

of controverted Elections

18

SECT. III. Of the Conftitution of Committees for trying

controverted Elections, and the Manner

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CASE I. Borough of Milborne Port, in the County

of Somerfet

Notes on that Cafe

CASE II. Borough of Morpeth, in the County of

CASE IV. Borough of Hindon, in the County of

Wilts -

Notes on that Cafe

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