SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j J^ r^^^ t?^** ~ ^ ^ f- it, 3376. Who told you that ?— He himself. 3377- Are you acquainted with him?- 1 cannot say that I am • I have a verv general acquaintance. ' a e a vei7 3378. Do you know this particular man ?— No. 3379- Pid Jou see him when you went to his house upon this occasion ? I presume I did, but I am not sure. occasion .— 1 3380 When was it he told you that he refused to let it for 10 / -— Within tlip last twelvemonth. ' uie 3381. WThere did you see him ?— At his house. 3382. Are you sure that you saw him ?— I must have seen him . 3383- Did you see him?— I presume that I did; I cannot recollect every circumstance of that kind. J 3384. What is your source of information ?— I went to the house and « aw it and I learned that,. the rent was 71. a year; the man had laid out 20? upon it' and said that he could get 12/. a year for the house. 3385. You are sure the man said that?— Yes. 3386. Then you are sure that you saw him ?— I must have seen either him or some influential member of his family. 3387. As the ladies were always glad to see you, perhaps you can recollect whether you saw this lady ?— I cannot. 3388. Then you are not able to say from what source you derived your information about that house, with respect to his being able to get 12/. a year? — I am not. 3389. Chairman.'] Can you state whether any part of the house is let in lodgings ?— No, I have not him down as having lodgers; if there was any doubt I would have gone into the question of lodgers, as I have heard the barrister do at the registering court. 3390. Does the man occupy the whole house himself?— I think he must have done so. 3391. Which are the most valuable, the upper rooms or the lower ?— I cannot say. 3392. Were you up stairs ?— I cannot say in that particular house. 3393. When did he lay out the 20/. upon the house?— It must have been recently. 3394. Was the house in good repair ?— 1 cannot say, I only speak from my notes. There are other gentlemen that can give every information. There is Mr. Henry Barry. 3395. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] In what way did he lay out this 20/.; was it in eating or drinking ?— No, it was not that kind of catch at all; it was fairly and openly. 3396. Mr. Beamish.] Did he carry on any business there ?— There is a smithy in the house. 3397. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Are you able to say how many apartments there are in the house ?— No, I am not. 3398. Mr. Beamish.] Did you visit the house of Thomas Regan, in Hughes's- lane, who is spoken to by Mr. Young, in answer 2021 ?— Yes; this man pays 10 guineas per annum rent; he is good value. 3390 Mr Serjeant Jackson.] Do you recollect that house distinctly.— 1 do; I have been in all the houses there, for I know the street well. During the year of the cholera, I was intimately acquainted with all that neighbourhood. 3400. You went up stairs in that house?— I did. It is good value for 10 guineas ; he pays 10 guineas a year. 3401. Did you see the lease, or the receipt for the rent r— No. 3402. Can you charge your memory whether you saw any document r- No; nor would I require it in that lane. vt> avi— 3403. Is there no house in that lane that is not worth I gu as jeai Not upon that side. Upon the opposite side they are rather dilapidated, because they are taking them down for the market. 3404. This house was in good order ?— It was. 3405. Chairman.] Was that house let at all in lodgings r- They are let 111 lodgings in that street. 3406. Do 0.46. u 2 / J7 Mr. D. Meagher. 26 February 1838