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Can you form any opinion of it ? I am not accusing Mr. 

 Atkinson of having any private views whatever. 



Are you aware of any interest or connexion I have in the 

 fisheries of Bundrowes or Ballyshannon ? No. 



You say you have attended the Petty Sessions regularly, 

 and must have heard complaints against poachers brought 

 forward. Some such cases have occurred. 



Have the Bench showed any neglect of punishing poachers ? 

 You have showed every disposition to punish such offences. 



How long have you been in Ballyshannon ? About three 

 years. 



Have you heard the state of society in this country before 

 the coast fisheries commenced ? I was not here. 



Have not outrages been committed since you came to this 

 place ? All the disturbances occurred before I came, and I 

 was sent here in consequence of these outrages. 



All things then have been peaceable since ? There is no 

 more quiet or peaceable country. 



Were you not here when Mr. Tredennick's cattle were 

 killed ; and did you not assist Captain Hill in his inquiry into 

 the matter? Yes. 



Did you not also know and attend the inquiry in William 

 Black's case, for the killing of his heifer and receiving a threat- 

 ening letter ? Yes. 



Have you not heard of some accusation being brought 

 against the Police themselves, and one for stabbing an ass ? 

 Yes, I did all I could to discover it ; the wound appeared to 

 have been made with a bayonet; it was triangular. 



Did not the case of the ass occur since you came to Bally- 

 shannon ; and were you not in charge of the police at the 

 time ? Yes. 



Were you not yourself prosecuted for an assault, and fined 

 by the Bench in the sum of ten shillings ? (No answer.) 



John Gilmrry examined by Mr. TREDENNICK. Deponent 

 has been in the habit of fishing at Bundoran ; has been 

 forcibly prevented from fishing ; summoned the party on the 



