SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND / f registry, there will still be no opnortunitv nf rpripmnrr - t- V.^ . _ to do it, who will do it without payment N° tUlJe95 Set ™ 1 « > « <' er evidence register -'- Perfectly; in the case of Mr. Richard Henry Hedges Beecher o 139- He had been rejected by the registering barrister '— He had 6140. And he applied ?— He did. Pennefather y° U r6member before what that appeal came on r- Baron 6142. Were you present at the argument?— I was; I conducted the support ot the voter; I drew a brief, and gave it to Mr. George Bennett. 6143. Was there counsel employed upon the other sideThere was Mr Pigott. 6144. Both those gentlemen are Her Majesty's counsel now?— They are- Mr. Bennett was at that time, Mr. Pigott was not. ' 6145. Did they argue the case before the Baron in open court?— They did. 6146. At what stage of the public business of the assizes was that?— It was the last day of Baron Pennefather's business in the city of Cork. 6147. He had closed the Crown business and the civil business that fell to his lot as one of the judges of assize ?— He had. 6148. And, having closed the other business, he took up the appeals from the registering barrister ?— I believe there was only that one appeal; the assizes happened during the registry; they were late that year, in consequence of the cholera having been in Cork antecedently. 6149. Then, this being concluded, the Baron had nothing further to detain him in Cork ?— He stated so. 6150. Did he hear the counsel argue it on both sides?— He did. 6151. Did he hear them completely out?— He did. 6152. Did either of them intimate to him that they had anything further to urge ?— My opinion is that they did not, either of them; he took from both the cases which they relied upon, and said that he would take them home and con- sider them, and leave his opinion in writing with Judge Moore, who was his colleague upon that circuit, as he would not attend in court next morning. 6153. Did he announce that publicly in court?— He did. 6154. That, as he was to leave town the next morning, he would take those authorities home, and consider them in his ehamber, and make up his decision, and hand it to his colleague to be delivered in court next morning ?— Yes. 6155. Did you attend in court next morning?— I did. 6156. Did' Judge Moore attend ?— He did, in his own court, the county court. . 6157. The business of the county of Cork is heavier than that of the city .— It is. v , . 61 58. And occupies the judge to whom it falls a longer time ?— Yes ; that is. sometimes the county civil business may last longer than the county criminal business, and may detain the junior judge, or the judge who has the city busi- ness, longer than the other. . 6,,(). Do not the judges divide the business there differently from what is done in any other place ; the senior judge taking the county civil business and the city criminal business, and the junior judge taking the city civil 1business and the county criminal business, because the whole business of the county would be too heavy for one man ?— Yes. 6160. Then, Judge Moore was in court next day .— He f 6161 Do you recollect what occurred with reference to the decision ot Baron Pennefather ?- I recollect Judge Moore saying that he had the. torn of Baion Pennefather in writing, and he called for the public officer, the peace, who happened not to observations respecting the case, which Judge Moore reraseu , as he had not heard the former part of the argument. Somebody intimate 0.46. - N N 4