\ 30 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE T Courtenay, Esq. way in which the testimony is given, and the degree of interest that the claimant may have in putting an exaggerated value upon his premises or not. 27 March 1838. 6897. Some of those voters were afterwards registered by Mr. French?— Yes. 6898. Are you aware whether he was the barrister who originally admitted them upon the'register ?— He was not. 6899. Are you aware whether the evidence of the claimant himself was corroborated by the evidence of other persons before him ?— In some few instances the claimant might have produced a witness in his support. 6QOO. You cannot speak positively as to whether he did, or whether he did not ? ] Siot positively, as to whether he did or did not; I can say positively that in some cases he did not. 6901. He did not require any additional evidence ?— He did not receive any additional evidence. 6902. Was there any evidence tendered against the claim of the person to register ?— There was. 6903. Did he hear that evidence ?— He refused it positively. 6904. Mr. Lefroy.] Do you mean, by refusing to hear it, that he refused to admit the evidence, or that he did not act upon it ?— He refused to hear it at all in some cases. 6905. Mr. French. Did he give any reason for refusing to hear it?— In some cases he did, and in others he heard it and rejected it. 6906. But, when he refused to hear it, did he give any reason for refusing it ? — I do not think he did. 6907. Did he reject any persons whom he had rejected before ?— He did. 6908. Did " he, at the same registry, where he admitted some of those men who had been struck off the registry by The Speaker's warrant, refuse others that claimed to be registered ?— He might, and I dare say lie did. 6909. Do you know that he positively did so ?— I cannot say that he did at the particular sessions referred to; but 1 can say positively that I have seen him refuse claimants whose claims he refused before. 6910. The last session that he sat was in January 1837 ?— It was. 6911. Did he refuse a man there whom he had rejected before?— I think he did. 6912. Do you recollect whether he rejected a man of the name of Christopher Cahill ?— It may be that he rejected Cahill's case; but I have no hesitation in saying, that he rejected a man, or perhaps men, in January 1837, that he had rejected before. 6913. Mr. O'ConnelL] Can you take upon you distinctly to say which, whe- ther it was man or men?— There was certainly one case, but the name I do not exactly recollect. 6914. Were there certainly two cases?— I will not speak to two cases. The reason I say that I am clear as to one is, that Mr. Tighe afterwards admitted the same man. 6915. Can you state that man's name?— It was Christopher Cahill; that was the man for whom an appeal was entered to the assizes, and he was afterwards admitted by Mr. Tighe. 6916. Mr. French.'] Are you aware of Mr. French admitting any man whose claims had been rejected by a jury?— I am not. 6917. You stated, in answer to a question by Mr. Litton, that Mr. Tighe, who succeeded Mr. French, was as great a Radical as any at the bar; are you aware that Mr. Tighe is a cousin of Sir Montague Chapman?— I have heard that he is; I said that Mr. Tighe, in my opinion, was a perfect gentleman; that he was a Radical, I believe, is perfectly understood. 6918. In question 6876 you were asked about Mr. Tighe admitting persons to re- register on the certificates ; you were asked if this line of conduct does not throw the entire onus of proving any disqualification on the part of the claimant upon any person who may choose to object; your answer is, that it does; was it not neces- sary for that person claiming to register on his certificate to have proved his quali- fication before ?— It was, at some time or other. One of the persons that I alluded to the last day as having been admitted by Mr. Tighe in that way; his claim was tried before the Committee that sat in April 1837 ( a person named Reynolds), and his vote declared to be a bad one ; then, upon the production of the certificate to Mr. Tighe, he re- registered him. 6919. Mr.