SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j *> y the grand jury on appeal. The entry I have got is Michael Fitzgerald. carpenter; wife says he pays 10/." 4362. Did you examine his premises?- We went in, and saw the exterior- and when we ascertained that the rent was 10/., we thought it quke iy perfect nAt^^^^ X" y° U ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - 43^ 4; Mr Serjeant Jackson.'] You had no previous acquaintance with the woman.-— No. e 4365. Does Mr. Meagher know her ?— I presume not. 4366- 7. Chairman.] Did they know what you were come about?— We told them, in many cases. 4368. Is it probable that you did, or that you did not, tell them in this case > — Quite so, either one way or the other. But I can prove, to the best of my knowledge, that that house is worth 10 /., and that the information we got is correct. 4369. Was it a lodging- house ?— I believe so; most of the houses there are lodging- houses. 4370. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] But you do not know as to this particular house ?— No, I do not. If we had not ascertained the rent to be 10/. a vear, we would have gone into particulars. 437 t- Do you call that ascertaining the rent, seeing 110 document or voucher, and not even knowing who the person is that tells you ?— We satisfied ourselves that the house is worth 10/. a year. 4372. Mr. Beamish.] Did you visit a man of the name of John Hickey, in Vicker's- street, No. 8/ 7 in Mr. Lane's table ?— We did. 4373. Can you state the value of his house ?— We have it here: " Good value, expended 40/." 4374. Chairman.] What are your grounds for saying that it is good value ?— He has a very tolerably good house in Vicker's- street, and a back concern ; I was born in the street, and I am satisfied that it is worth 10 /. a year. I did not put down the rent he pays, but I have " expended 40/." 4375. Mr. Serjeant Jackson. J Is it your house ?— No, it is not. 4376. Is that street near the cathedral ?— Vicker's- street leads from Dean- street up to Bandon- road, commonly called Tom Murphy's- lane; 30 years ago, I dare say, that house would bring 30/. a year. 4377. Mr. Beamish.] Have you any other case of a man returned by Mr. Lane as not being valued, but whom you have reason to believe to be valued ?— There is Andrew Moore, who is returned, No. 889, as not having been valued, and I can satisfy the Committee that he is returned in the valuation in another place; they made a mistake in the name of the street; he is registered as of Shine's- yard; I find him in the valuation- book under the name of Francis- street ; the streets run one into another, there is a mixtum gatherum of places there ; and it is really impossible for all parties to agree as to the respective names of the places; it is just opposite the Weigh- house. 4378. Chairman.] Does this mixtum gatherum of streets not appear in the valuation- books at all ?— There is no such place in the valuation- book as Shine's- yard. . , , . , 4379 What do you call it ?— We have it here as Francis- street; but he, 111 the registry, calls it Shine's- yard; and we had a great deal to do to find it out, but we found him in Francis- street, valued under his own name, stable 3/., >< ir4d38o'. Mr. Serjeant Jackson^] Did you ascertain that there was such a place as Shine's- yard?— Yes. ^ . . . 4381. And that is, in fact, in Francis- street .-- Yes, it is in Francis- street 4382. You state that you have now found that there is such a place as Shine s- yard; is that place in what is called Francis- street .— I think I may go by the city valuation- book, and say that it is in Francis- street. 4383. You saw the place, did not you ?— I did. 4384. Is that place which you saw in Francis- street ?- Unkss I aw it 11 this book, I would not call it Francis- street, for it is detached from Francis- street, I would not call it Francis- street. . , ,, „ w , J as 4385. Then you do not consider the place which you now call Shine s- yard as c c