Note 516 — Chapter VI · JOHN WILKES, VICTOR BERGER, AND THE FIVE MEMBERS (continued 2)
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May, op. cit., 59–62, 153–156, 187. He does not discuss the question whether a member can be expelled for an offense committed before his election. I Story on the Constitution, § 838, says the power is not limited to offenses during the particular session. Lord Campbell’s opinion is in his Life of Lord Camden, Lord Chancellors, (1846 ed.) V, 276.