SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j ^ IN^ SSL^ SS. 10/'; REGISTCRED 31ST ° CT0BER L832-" 1 FIND HIS HAVIN § 2468. Mr. Beamish, to Mr. Young.-] Did you see any land?- No. 2409 Are you aware that he held any land?_ I observed that he had land in his registry. I went to look, and I found no land but the yard ; he told me that all he had was what he showed me. T ot know tha< ^ used those words, 1 asked him what land he had ; he said there is a vard ; and I went and looked at it, and it was a good yard. 2471. Did you ask him whether he had any land?— I do not recollect a^ kin « him those words. 0 2472. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] You say that you went for the purpose of ascer- taining what his house and land were; what " was the substance of your question to him?—" Have you anything besides this house?" said I; " Yes," said he " there is a yard there ;" and I went and looked at it. 2473. And that yard was sufficient to satisfy the legal denomination of land, for it was so much land ?— It was so much land. 2474. Mr. Beamish.] Did you ask him whether he had any land in addition to the house ?— I cannot charge my memory with having asked him those words. 2475. He might have had land in " addition to the house out of which he registered without your knowledge ?— He might. 2476. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] He did not tell you that he had any land or any other premises elsewhere ?— No. 2477. Mr. Beamish.] Did you tell him what you came for?— No. 2478. He was not likely to be very communicative to you?— He was very communicative and very civil, for he told me that he had just come back after being away a short time, and that during his absence he let it for 41, a year. 2479. Serjeant Jackson.] He seemed to be a very honest fellow ?— Yes. 2480. He was not upon his oath when he was talking to you ?— No. 24S1. Mr. Beamish.] You do not mean to say that he would not be as honest if he was upon his oath?— No; I do not wish to impugn the man's oath; I recollect he was very civil to me ; he invited me to sit down and rest myself. 2482. Mr. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Lane.] Do you find him upon the valua- tion ?— No. 2483. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit and value the house of John Barry of Ballivo- lane ?— I did. 2484. What did it consist of?— One very good room. 2485. Has he anything but a house?— He has land. 2486. What quantity of land ?— About a quarter of an acre. 2487. What sort of house is it?— Very small. 2488. How many apartments in it?— Three; it is a small shop and a small room behind it on one side, and the other side is in one ; there is no loft in it. 2489. Was it a thatched house or a slated house ?— Slated. 2490. What is the extreme value that you would set upon that house and that patch of land ?— The extreme value of the house is 3 I. per annum, including the land. 2491. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find this man upon the register r—' John Barry, mason, Ballivo- lane, city of Cork ; dwelling- house and land at Ballivo- lane ; householder, 10/.; registered 13th October 1832." I find that he voted in 1832, 1835, and in 1837. 2492. ( To Mr. Young.) Could that house and that little patch of land ever have been worth 10 I. a year?— It never could. . 2493. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit and value the house and yard of Daniel Horcran, of Donovan's- lane ?— I did. . . 2494. What is the extreme value of that concern?—£. 3- a year; it is no mo. e than a verv poor thatched cabin, with a yard. . 2495. Are there any other tenements in the yard ?— I do not think there is; there may be a pigsty. , . . 0u„ nt. tint 2496. Mr. Beamish.] You do not appear to have made much inquiry about that house ? — I was in it. „ . 9 T j 2497. You thought that looking into the house was quite sufficient .— I no. ouy looked into it, but I went into it. .. T • 249S. Did you examine the yard?- I saw the yard there; I believe I sau a p. g there, and I infer from that there was a pigsty. ^ 0.46. p 3 A