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First Report from the Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, Ireland

28/03/1838

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First Report from the Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, Ireland

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Mr. John Young. 100 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE ,06.5. What do his premises consist off- A house and a back house, all in b'"! ZairT„ Mr Colburn ) Do you find him upon the register ?- I find « Joseph ,„ Turnbull, Cooper, Cat- lane, house and premises at Cat- lane ; householder, 10/.; ' tr^ W ^ ° f thC ValUe ° f 10 in 1836?— No. . , . T WQO 1968. Mr. Beamish.] Were you in the premises.— 1 was. 1060. Were you up stairs ?— No. ., 11 ,07o. Did you see the back premises ?- I was in the back premises. 1071. You do not know what rent the man paysJN o. 1972. You formed your calculation by just running through the house?— I took time to consider the value. 1071. You had 110 one to consult with .'— No. 1974. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] You do not mean to say that you ran through Jt 7o75° Did vou remain sufficiently long to form your judgment ?— I did. 1976. Did you make it a point so to consider the value of each of the houses as to enable you consistently to give evidence upon it?-- 1 did. 1977. You knew when you went there that you were to be examined?— I did. , , . 1978. Mr. Beamish.] You had 110 political motive in looking at the pre- mises ?— Not at all. 1979. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Had you any other motive than to come here and give evidence before this Committee, according to the best of your judg- ment, 011 the subject- matter ?— No other motive whatever. 1980. When you received your summons to come here, you thought it your duty, knowing you were to be examined about those premises, to go and inspect them ?— I did. 1981. And you passed so much time in inspecting each of them as you thought necessary to enable you to depose with truth ?— Yes. 1982. Mr. Beamish.] And your inspection was a general one, without refer- ence to whom the parties voted for ?— It was without the least reference to that, for 1 do not know how they voted. 1983. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Taking, for example, the first case you were examined about to- day, have you not reason to know that that person voted for the Conservative candidates ?— I heard since I came to London that he did. 1984. Did you visit and value the house of James Brown, Great Britain- street, since Christmas ?— I did. 1985. What description of house has he?— It is a very small thatched house. 1986. What is the extreme value of it?— I think the extreme value of it is 5 I. per annum. 1987. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find James Brown, of Great Britain- street, upon the register ?—" James Brown, shoemaker, Great Britain- street, city of Cork; house 111 Great Britain- street; householder, 10/.; registered 16th of October 1832." He voted 1832, 1835, and 183/. 1988. Chairman.] Did lie vote in 1832, 1835, and 183/ ?— He did 1989. Mr. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Young.] Could his tenement have been worth 10 I. a year in 1832 ?— Never. 1990. ( To Mr. Lane.) Do you find him rated ?— He was rated in the supple- mentary valuation at 5 l, and struck out. rnnawJ il^ ^ Uid >' ou value tlie house of John Burke, of Cop- pmger s- lane, since Christmas ?— I did IS? WW HalUed| d y0Vf Up° n his house Per annum. 1993- What description of house is it ?- It is in verv bad renni . 1P95- ( lo Mr. Young.) Could it have been worth in/ ^ o Vi • ' 1 ing to it, in 1832 ?- No, it could not ' 1 an> rthmS approach- lieve" twoMr- LS th6re any St01T?~ I know there is one, I be- 1997. You
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