Mr. John Young. 122 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE two on the ground door, one let at lod. a week and the other at ud. a week, and I"* two rooms up stairs, one let at 7 A and the other at 6d. a week. S » fl o^ n^ Have vou out together all those sums i— L have. 11 February 2b04. Have jou p ^ ^^ tQ ?_ AUowing , week tor the part he occupies himself, the two houses together make 17 I 2s 8d per annum 2606. Do you know what rent he was subject to for those houses ?- No, his wife could not tell me what rent he was under! f f ,, 2607. But however the rent would have to be deducted before you get to the value of the interest he had in such premises?— Yes. 2608 Is it the custom that a person that lets apartments in such a way keeps the" house in repair ?— The landlord must keep the house in repair. 2609. The room- keepers who pay a weekly rent are not bound to keep the house in repair ?— No. > 0610 Therefore you would have to deduct not only the rent but also the repairs of the premises before you could get at what was the interest of this indi- vidual himself in the tenements ?— Yes. , 2611. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find Timothy Herlihy upon the register?— I find " Timothy Herlihy, sawyer, Roman's- walk, city of Cork; house at Roman's- walk; freeholder, 20I.;" registered 17th October 1832." 2612. Does he register out of a house, or out of houses ?— A house in Roman's- walk. 2613. ( To Mr. Young.) Neither of his houses was of the value of 10/. a year ? — Neither. 2614. ( To Mr. Lane.) How does this person appear upon the valuation ?— He is not at all in the valuation. 2615. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Have you got the affidavit upon which this man was registered ?— Here is the old affidavit, [ The Witness delivered in the same.] 2616. Have you searched for the document upon which Timothy Herlihy effected his registry thus dated, the 11th of January 1827 ?— 1 have; it is dated the 11 tlx of January 1827. 2617. Will you read the words of that affidavit?—" I, Timothy Herlihy, of Roman's- walk, in the county of the city of Cork, sawyer, do swear that I am a freeholder of the county of the city of Cork, and that I have and am now in actual possession of a freehold therein, arising from houses of the clear yearly value of 20 I. above all charges payable out of the same, lying and being at or in Roman's- walk, in the north suburbs of the city of Cork, in the county of the city of Cork ; and that the said freehold does not arise from a rentcharge, nor have I procured it fraudulently"; and so on. 2618. It appears that he signs his affidavit as a marksman ?— He does. 2619. Will you read the certificate at the back of it?—" This is to certify, that Timothy Herlihy, of Roman's- walk, was this day duly registered before me as a voter for this city, in right of a freehold of the yearly value of 20 /., situate at Roman's- walk aforesaid, in said city. Dated the 17th day of October 1832, at Cork. Anth. Wills, deputy assistant- barrister ; John Colburn, clerk of the peace." 2620. You find no other document than this?— No. 2621. Did he vote in 1837 ?— I find that he voted in 1832 and in 1837. 2622. Mr. Beamish.] You saw but two houses of this man's ?— I asked his wife, and she said that was all that he possessed in Roman's- walk. 2623 Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Did you inspect the premises of Cornelius Kelly, of Brandy- lane?— I did. 2624. What do they consist of?— I do not think it is fit for the habitation of any human being. 262,5. What sort of a thing was it?— It was without a roof; the thatched one which was on haying fallen in, and the old roof not having sufficient to support it, was propped up by a p, ece of old timber ; the rain must come in in most parts, and did. I should not have thought it habitable at all, but I saw some tire there, and other marks of its being inhabited. 2626. Did you see any bed there ?- There was a thing like a bed ; some straw. conceived hi " h] 011*^ Tn t^ ese. traces of inhabitancy, you would not have Zt a hum n ht- e^ at alrnan brgresided in such a thing ?— I never thought a human being did reside in such a place 6 2028. Were you able to put any value upon it at all ??— No value at all. 2629. Did