11) 6 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Mr. John Young. a2 February 1838. 2- m How is it occupied ?- I cannot tell; I was upstairs in that house, and I could not find any one that could give me any information. 2,- 6 What is the highest value you would set upon that house ?-£. 5. a year. 2377.' Is Coppinger's- lane a very poor part of the town ery^ poor 2378. Could that house ever have been worth 10/., or anything like it I think not. 2379. Is it verv old?— It is. 2380. What sort of repair is it in ?— Very bad repair. 0381 ( To Mr Colburn.) Do you find him upon the register ? I find Francis Johnson, shoemaker, Coppinger's- lane; house, warehouse, & c., Coppinger s- lane ; householder, 10/.; registered 3d April 1835.' 0382. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.'] It would appear from your evidence that he has dignified it a little by calling it a house and warehouse ?— I could see no ware- house or anything like it. 2" 83. Mr. Beamish.'] You said you saw no one there that could tell you any- thin" about the house ; did you look for the warehouse ?— I did. 2384. You said you saw 110 one there that could give you any information ; now, suppose he had a warehouse there in addition to the house you saw ?— I do not think he could. 2385. But you do not mean to say that you know positively that the man had not anything there; you merely judged by what you saw that what came within your view could not be worth more than ?— Yes. 2386. And you know nothing more about it?— Nothing more. 2387. You know nothing about the rest of his premises?— I saw no premises there. 2388. But you have said that no one was there to give you any information ?— I knew a good deal about the house, as much as examining the inside, and I could see no warehouse nor the sign of one. If my recollection serves me right, I do not think there was any back door or any back premises at all, but with respect to that fact I might be mistaken. 2389. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] You went up stairs?— I did ; it is a corner house, and the next to it is another house of a similar description. 2390. Though you had no person to give you information, you had the full use of your own eyes, and you had a full opportunity of surveying the interior and exterior of the house ?— I had. 2391. Could there have been above ground any warehouse and you not have seen it?— I think it is impossible. 2392. Mr. Beamish.] Suppose the warehouse had been at the back of the house, as you did not go to the rear of the house, how can you take upon you to say that there was not such a thing there ?— There might be a warehouse, but there might not. 2393. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] If there was, should you not have seen it?— There might be a warehouse, but there might not. 2394. Jf there had been a warehouse annexed to this house, seeing the situation of it, as you have described it to be a corner house, as you had an ample oppor- tunity of seeing the whole exterior, you must have seen that warehouse ?— I think so. 2395- 6. Mr. Beamish.] You have stated that you were not at the rear of the house ; now might not there be a warehouse at ' the rear of the house There might, and there might not. 2397- 8. You know that he registered out of a house and warehouse, & c. ; but you do not know, of your own knowledge, that this man had not a warehouse attached to Ins house?— I cannot say of my own knowledge that he had not. 2399- vvhat you saw you pronounce that the man has only a value of 5/., without knowing whether the man has any other qualification sufficient to register? - I know from the situation of the house that it would be impossible he could of To?. 7 I1' any COnCennS' 0Ut 0f Which he could register, of the value ot 10/.; ! know the lane quite well. 2400. Mr. Lefroy.] Is there a warehouse in the whole lane?— No . >- « • person in the valuation ?— My list does 2404. ( To