SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j in the village, procured a communica- man ?— He said the 5034 That the policeman, being a person well known the car for the man ?— Yes. 5035- Without knowing for what purpose it was wanted ? T suspicion that he did know. wcimea . 1 5036. Was it admitted by the policeman that he had received from the bridewell- keeper to facilitate the escape of this man mentioned the bridewell- keeper's name to him tJ° 3?- ^ a11 that. he* fl-~ l believe that was all; he satisfied the magis- trates so that they exculpated lnm. & 5038. Was anything said by the policeman which would warrant the conclu- sion that Matthews had sent a communication to facilitate the escape of that man !— 1 hat was the impression upon my mind. 5039 Was anything said by the policeman which would amount to an admis- sion of that fact?— I tlnnk he said that he mentioned Matthews's name to which induced the policeman to act for him. have my own 7 March 1838. 5040. I hat might have been merely mentioning Matthews's name as a person that he was acquainted with, without any design to facilitate the escape of a per- son desiring to escape from justice?— That was the view which the magistrates took of it. 5041 You say that you knew Croker to be three months in bridewell; had he been residing in the house out of which he registered up to that time ?— No; the house had no floors, nor roof, nor anything upon it. 5042. Where did he reside before taking up his abode in the bridewell ?— At another house. 5043. Are you able to say that Croker did not inhabit this house three months before ?— Most unquestionably. 5044. Can you say when lie ceased to occupy that house?— He never could occupy that house; the house was recently built, and there were no floors, and no roof. 5045. It never was in an inhabitable condition ?— I cannot say that, but it could not have been for 12 months before the election; it might have been re- built, but at that time it was a shell of a house. 5046. He registered in 1832?— Yes. 5047. Do you know in what condition it was then ?— No. 5048. Do you know whether the edifice, as now standing, is altogether new ? — I think a new one. 5049. Then it had not been standing at the time of the registry in 1832?— Not at all. 5050. Did you ever see a complete edifice standing upon that site?— There is now a complete edifice finished since the election, and it is in the possession of another party altogether. 5051. Besides the one which is now standing, do you recollect ever to have seen another habitable tenement upon that site ?— No; my attention not being drawn to it, I did not; but the building was there, and the joists were in; there was no roof and no floors when I went to visit it; and even if there were, he could not inhabit it, because he and his family were inmates of the bridewell, 5052. Are you able to state at what time the building now erected was built? — I suppose about 12 or 14 months before the time of voting. 5053. Why do you fix upon 12 or 14 months?— From the state of the timber and the bricks. . 5054. Then it is only a conjecture of yours from looking at the timber, not derived from any recollection of the building ?— That is all. J — i _ _ •— 1 f 0f timber as to be able to fix the per Are you so accurate a judge of the age ot timber as to be awe to nx tne riod of 12 or 14 months ?— I should certainly say that the house could not have been built more than 12 or 14 months. It had all the appearance of a home that had been recently built, and remained unfinished. That man A as m the bridewell, and I certainly was very angry with the authorities, because 1 am convinced that if they had assisted me, I could have got him. 5056. By the » authorities," do you include the sheriff s assessor ?- JNo, 1 elude the sheriff himself. . , pWtiou was the 5057. Are you aware that the person who pre, aded at £ « assessor?— Yes; and that man was opposed beloie the assessoi, a were told to the assessor Me. Wv'* counsel-— NO, 5058. Was not the assessor, Mr. Collins, one of His Majesty s counsel. G G 4