SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. ,13 o 5Z?' TfhC » me a5 ti1G^ tt0m aPPears t0 be the name of James Blaseby?- Yes. 2573- Mr. Beamish.] Whose writing is that?— I cannot 2574. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Do " you, from yoVr" experience, know whether or not the name of the landlord was stated in those cases of registry of 40,. free- holders, before the Reform Act ?— I cannot say that 2575. Will you look at the whole file of affidavits, and see whether you do not find the names of the landlords there ?— I cannot tell whose names these are. 2576. You see the name of James Blaseby in the corner there ?— I do. 2577. ( To Mr. Young.) Do you know Mr. Blaseby's handwriting?— I do. 2578. Is that the handwriting of Mr. James Blaseby?— It is not. 2579. But Andrew Barry told you that he held under Cornelius Mahony who himself held under Mr. Blaseby ?— Yes, under Mr. Blaseby. 2580. Do you know which Mr. Blaseby it was ?— No, there are two, William and James. 2581. Chairman.'] Do you know the handwriting of both of them ?— No. 2582. But you know the handwriting of Mr. James Blaseby?— I do. 2583- You state that to your belief that is not the handwriting of Mr. James Blaseby ?— I believe it is not. 2584. Mr. Beamish.] Do you know, of vour own knowledge, that Mr. Blaseby is the landlord of that house ?— 1Only what Barry told me. 2585. You have no knowledge yourself that Mr. Blaseby is the landlord?— I have 110 knowledge of it myself. 2586. Mr. Blaseby might have two houses there, might he not?— I believe he has property there ; I believe it is out of that he votes himself. 2587. Then he might have a second house there out of which he might have given a second freehold, supposing it to be his property?— He might. 2588. So that Cornelius Mahony might be a freeholder, and Andrew Barry might be a freeholder ?— I do not think Andrew Barry could, for he resides in Cornelius Mahony's house. 2589. That is when you visited it the other day; but the question refers to the time when the registry was made: have you any knowledge of the state of things at that time ?— No knowledge. 2590. Chairman.] But still Barry might have voted out of the qualification at the last election?— He might, and did. 2591. There are a number of houses there now ?— There are four or five houses in the row. Does Cornelius Mahony live in the same house as Barry?— He does. Mr. Beamish.] Do you know whether he lived there in 1832?— I can- H7 Mr. John Young. 22 l-' ebiuary 1838. 2592. 2593- not say. 2594 Mr. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Colburn.] Will you refer to your poll- books and see whether those two persons, Cornelius Mahony and Andrew Barry, have voted at elections ?— I find Andrew Barry and Cornelius Mahony both voted in 1832, 1835, and 1837. 2595. ( To Mr. Young.) Wras your attention drawn to a freeholder of the name of Timothy Herlihy, of Roman's- walk?— It was. 2596. He appeared to be a 20 I. freeholder ?— He did. 2597. Did you know that district called Roman's- walk ?— I did. 2598. Was your attention particularly excited, finding that he was registered as a 20 I. freeholder?— It was. 2599. Did you, from your knowledge of the place, know that there could oe no house there of'the value of 20 /. ?— I was sure there could be no house there of the value of 10 /., and that made me go to it. ^ . TI ... , 2600. Having gone to it, what did you find ?— I found Timothy Herlihy s house, and I went'into it; his wife told me that it contained five rooms, one below occupied by the elector himself. , . . , 2601. Did he only occupy a single room in that house r— Ihat is an, mere were two rooms on the first floor let for gd. a week each, and two on the second floor let for 8 d. a week each. J? 2602. What value would vou set upon the room that this man himself occupied. — I think 1 a week would be the very outside value for it. 2603. Did vou find that he was in possession of any other house 3 » r- ing, I found that he was the owner of the next house which was, much smaUer than the one he resides in, and his wife told me that that contained foui looms, 0.46. two