. ,46 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Mercurii, 28° die Februarii, 183S. MEMBERS PRESENT. Mr. Beamish. Mr. F. French. Mr. Serjeant Jackson. Mr. Lefroy. Lord Granville Somerset. LORD GRANVILLE SOMERSET, IN THE CHAIR. Mr. Daniel Meagher, called in; and further Examined. 3364 Mr Beamish ] DID you visit the house of Patrick Boland, mentioned Mr. D. Meagher, b young, in answer 2208 ?— He has registered since the last election, and February 1838. therefore I did not visit him. 356.5. Did you visit the house of Michael Fitzgerald of Barrack- street, men- tioned by Mr.' Young, in answer 2293?— I did. 3 566. Can you state what you considered the value of his premises r— His wife stated the Vent to be 10 /. per annum, and I put it down as such. 3,567. Did you examine those premises yourself?— I did. 3568. Did you satisfy yourself of the value of them ?— I satisfied myself that the rent paid was 10 /. 3569. You satisfied yourself by the wife of this Fitzgerald telling you that he paid 10 /. a year rent?— Yes. 3570. Did you see the receipt?— No. 3571. Did you ask for it?— No; I was quite satisfied with the declaration of the wife that the rent paid was 10/. 3572. Chairman.'] What do you believe to be the value of the house inde- pendently of having heard that ?— If I were to value the house, I would not value it so high, but the rent paid being 10/., I did not go so minutely into it. 3573. Mr. French.] Is not the value of a thing what it brings?— Certainly. 3574. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Were you acquainted with this woman?— I can- not bring to mind. 3575. Surely you do not believe everything that everybody tells you as certain matter of fact '/— Certainly not; I can draw a distinction. 3576. Not knowing this woman, how do you know that she was telling you the truth?— I believe she was. 3577. Why ?— From the appearance of the woman and the place. 3578. The place, according to your opinion, is not worth 10 I. ?— If I were to value it as a house, I would probably say not. 3579. What do you value it as ?— I did not go into particulars, when I found the rent paid was 10 /. 3580. Is not it a house?— It is. 3581. You say, if you were to value it as a house, you would not value it at 10 /. ?— I would value it by the situation. 3582. Considering the house as it is, and the situation, you say it is not worth 10 I. ?— I say there are persons that would not give 10 I for it; but in the par- ticular business they were in, in setting lodgings, and that in Barrack- street, I think it is worth 10 in that way. 3583-, You said that it is not worth 10/. in your opinion ?— I would not give 10 I. for it, but, from its situation for letting lodgings, 1 think they would get 10 /. for it. ' 3584. ^ ou did not see any voucher to show that the rent was 10/.?— No ; but I know Barrack- street, and I know the neighbourhood. 3585. Did you know that the woman was the wife of Michael Fitzgerald at all, or may she not have been a servant- maid ?— She must have been the woman of the house from her appearance; I can draw a distinction between a servant- maid and a woman sitting 111 the principal apartment in the house. 3586. What was she sitting in?— One of the rooms ; I cannot bring to mind all those particulars. 3587- Was it a shop, or a kitchen, or what?— They call it the parlour. 3588. And because she was sitting in this room that they call the parlour, you take lor granted that she was the man's wife?— Yes. 3589. Mr.