f\ j / v^ u SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 131 we were not putting the affidavits to the freeholders, and he came up and thought Mr. Patrick Flood. fji he could pass. s ., 9559- When you saw him you did require him to take the oath, and when l5 May 1838. they could find no document upon which to found his oath he went down and ' « • • would not take the oath ?— Yes; the man has been admitted since as a freeholder of the county in 1837. 9.560. Upon which side did he come up to vote in 1835 ?— For Mr. Lefroy and Lord Forbes. 9561. Chairman.] On which side did he vote in 1837 ?— I do not know • u whether he voted in 1837. 9562. Mr. Lefroy.] Now, with respect to the man you say Mr. Robinson pre- vented or pushed away from the registry, he was a man qualified for the registry ? — He had a notice served upon him ; 1 said there were several men. 9563. Was he qualified?— Of course he was qualified, when the man was admitted to the franchise. 9564. Was he admitted?— Yes; I know several were admitted. 9565. I ask you respecting the man you saw Mr. Robinson push away from the registry, was that man registered ?— I said he pushed away several. 9566. Can you mention the name of any one ?— No, I did not take down the names. 9567. You did not take down the name of any one ?— No, it was the counsel who took them down. 9568. They were qualified men ?— Yes, they did qualify. 9569. And were admitted?— Yes, some. 9570. And some were rejected ?— Yes, no doubt there were a great many rejected; several hundreds. 9571. Do you think Mr. Robinson's notion of qualification exactly agrees r: v" with yours ?— I never heard what notion he had of qualification ; he gave himself r • very little trouble about it; this is Mr. Robinson's son I am alluding to. 9572. I am speaking of the Mr. Robinson of whom you are giving evidence; do you think it is probable his opinion is, that a man upon two acres of land could be qualified to register as a 10/. freeholder ?— 1 am sure it is not his opinion that he would, nor is it mine either. 9.573. You think it is not Mr. Robinson's opinion?— Indeed, I think it would not; my opinion is, that he would think a man of 20 acres would not have a right to register. 9574. You think he would conceive a man with 20 acres might not have a right?— Indeed I do. 9575. And if he thought the man had not a right, do you think he would have acted improperly if he had prevented his taking an oath that he had ?— My opinion is, he did do an act which was improper; he did do this, he had a table with " No Popery" cut upon it, and we were obliged to apply to the bar- rister to order the table to be removed. 9576. I am not asking you whether Mr. Robinson could or not do an im- proper act generally, but 1 am asking you, if he conceived a man had not a right to vote, would he have done improperly if he prevented his coming to take the oath ?— No, if the man had not a qualification ; but when it was proved the man had a qualification, I think he did act improperly. 9577. Did he prevent any man coming up who was qualified ?— Yes. 9578. Chairman.] Will you mention the name of any one who was after- wards admitted upon the registry whom Mr. Robinson prevented coming up?— No, 1 cannot. 9579. Mr. O' Connell.~\ But you were present, and saw it?— Yes. 9580. Mr. Lefroy.] Were any men brought up to register who had not a qualification?— Yes, many came forward who were rejected; men who had not a qualification. 9581. I think you stated you served notices for about 1,000 yourself?— Yes, I did. 9582. Had all those men qualifications ?— No, not all; we got a list, and when we ascertained what their qualifications were, we did not bring them all forward ; some of them had too small holdings. 9583. And some of those for whom you gave notices had not qualifications ? -— I think it appeared they had not when they came up. 643. s 2 9584' But