Wellington City Election Petition (1897) - (1897) 15 NZLR 454

Election Law — Petition — Service on Returning Officer — Whether necessary — Conduct of Returning Officer complained of — Recount — Double Voting — Personation — Evidence — Rolls marked by Deputy Returning Officers — Disqualification of Electors — Corrupt Practice — "Treating" — Common Law — Bribery — Illegal Practice — Payment for conveying Electors to Poll — Evidence — Avoidance of Election — Obstruction of Voters — Secrecy of Ballot — "The Election Petitions Act, 1880," Section 29 — "The Electoral Act, 1893," Sections 100, 111, 116, 117, 128, 129 — "The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1881," Sections 3, 4, 6, 13, 23.