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- Copy of the Shorthand Writers' Notes of the Judgment of Mr. Justice Lawrance and Mr. Justice Walton on the Trial of the Election Petition of the City of Worcester; also the Minutes of Evidence taken at the Trial of the said Election Petition. Parliamentary papers. Vol. HC 1906 xcv (198) 255. 14 June 1906.
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- Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at the Last Election for the City of Worcester (1906). Minutes of Evidence. Command papers. Vol. Cd.3269. HMSO.
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- ↑ HC Deb 14 February 1907 vol 169 cc317–329
- ↑ HC Deb 31 January 1908 vol 183 cc373–375
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