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Canadian Coloured Cotton Mills v. Talbot

(1897) 27 SCR 198 Court SCC Decision date 1897-03-10 English

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ON APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH FOR MANITOBA.
Election petition - Service- - Status of petitioner - Preliminary objection.
On the hearing of preliminary objections to an election petition to prove the status of the petitioner a list of voters was offered with a certificate of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery which, after stating that said list was a true copy of that finally revised for the district, proceeded as follows: "And is also a true copy of a list of voters which was used at said polling division at and in relation to an election of a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the said electoral district
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* which original list of voters was returned to me by the returning officer for said :-Sir Henry Strong C.J. and Gwynne, Sedgewick, King and Girouard JJ.