SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. the h° USe ° f MiChad ^ ° f " 1744- What was the value you set upon it ?•— I think the full value is 6 7. per 30 February 1838. annum. 1 I MTt Do y° u find Michael Shea upon the register ?- i nnd Michael Shea, a sawyer Francis- street; house at Francis- street; house- holder, 10/.; registered 20th of June 1836." He voted 1837. 1746. ( To Mr. Lane.) Do you find him in the valuation ?-- No. 747- ( T like it, in 1836 ? ^^ . 1743. Mr. Beamish.] Did you examine those premises r— The man has left it; I examined it from the outside, and looked through the windows, and went to the next door and saw the back of it. 1749. Then your information ot that house is completely from the outside ? — Yes. 1750. May not many houses present an appearance inside far better than the outward appearance ?— They may ; this house is in very bad repair. 1751. But you could form no opinion of what the inside was, more than your judgment, derived from the outward appearance ?— Nothing more. 1752. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] And from looking through the windows?— Yes. 1753. Mr. Beamish.] Has it two stories or only one?— Two stories. 1 754. Then you could not see through the windows of the upper story ?— No. 17,55. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Supposing the upper stories to be in as good repair as the lower part, in your judgment, is the value you have set upon it the full value ?— Yes. 1756. Mr. Beamish.] Supposing they were better ?— I do not think it could be anything so much better as to induce me to think it was of more value than that, except I actually saw it was in a better state of repair. 1757. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Had it the appearance of a deserted house when you saw it ?— It had; I understood that he ran away from paying the rent. 17,58. Mr. Beamish.] How did you understand it ?— I heard it. 1759. Did you hear it from his landlord ?-— No. 1 760. Then you do not know anything more than common report r— No. 1761. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Where did you hear it ?— In the street. i 762. From his neighbour ?— Yes. 1763. Mr. Beamish. J Would his neighbours be inclined to tell you the truth about him ?— I think they would; I believe it. 1 764. Mr. Serjeant Jacksoni] Did you value the house of Michael Murphy, in Gill- abbey- street, since Christmas last ?— I did. 176.5. What kind of a tenement is that ?— A very poor small thatched cabin; it has 110 loft in it, no up stairs. 1766. Had it any land annexed to it ?— There is a small piece of land. 1767. Is it a strip the breadth of the house ?— Yes. 1 768. What breadth may the house be ?— Eighteen or 20 feet. 1760. Is it any depth ?— Not very deep. 1770 Valuing the house and the land at the highest rate of the value ot such tenements in Cork, what would you consider the value of it r— I thmk the full value of it would be 6 I. a year. 1771 ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find that person registered i I find Michael Murphy, labourer, Gill- abbey, city of Cork ; house and landL at Gill- abbey; house- holder 10/.; registered 19th of November 1832. He voted 1835 and 1837- 1- 70 ( To Mr Young.) Do you think that in 1832 that tenement could have been of the value of 10 L, or anything like it ?- I do not think it could. 1773 Mr Beamish.] Were you in the house ?— I was. You do not know whkt rent he paid'- His wife told me they pa. d 5 I. l « s. 9 d. a year for it. ,„ i,„ tw it k ,775. You do not know whether he built the house or not; whether it is a? lTd? henrmigw" venbuilt the housed! do not think he might, for the rent whieh S told me is so mueh above the value tor a bu. ld. ng lease, that I do not think it is possible. M 0.46. M3 1///#