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that trial ; the case was dismissed ; deponent is of opinion that 

 the Bench had no jurisdiction in the case, as there was no 

 assault ; Mr. Allingham signed the Petty Sessions book, and 

 did not express any dissent ; heard Mr. Atkinson explaining 

 the case to the fishermen ; heard him referring them to Mr. 

 Tredennick for the opinion of the Judge of Assize in a similar 

 case, in corroboration of what he said ; he advised the fisher- 

 men as to their conduct in future on the Bundoran case, and 

 that, now they were aware of the law, he hoped it would pre- 

 vent them from any breach of the peace in future; he repeated 

 the words, that if any breach of the peace took place, ashore 

 or on sea, that they might rest assured that the magistrates 

 would punish them in the severest manner the magistrates had 

 the power of doing " Recollect, that if you destroy any pro- 

 perty at sea, they must apply to the Admiralty Court, as the 

 magistrates, in that case, had no power to interfere ;" reminded 

 Mr, Atkinson to tell the men, that if they fished within the 

 known limits of any salmon fishery, that they would be fined a 

 certain sum, or otherwise have to go to the county jail if they did 

 not pay it ; I never heard Mr. Atkinson make use of the words 

 alleged to have been spoken by him to the crowd, or any other 

 magisterial expression at all calculated to cause a breach of the 

 peace, or lead to it; if he had made use of any such expres- 

 sion, I must have heard him, as I was sitting close to him ; / 

 am positively certain he never made use of any such expression 

 there ; one of the fishermen said, on leaving the court, " that 

 they could now cut and slash away, as they could get no law ;" 

 Mr. Atkinson got up and said, that if they destroyed any private 

 property, or committed a breach of the peace, they would be 

 severely punished ; deponent had a conversation with Mr. 

 Allingham and Mr. Atkinson relative to the impropriety of 

 allowing persons to go on the bench, particularly when their 

 own case was going on ; does not think that Mr. Atkinson 

 intended to insult Mr. Tredennick when he ordered him off the 

 bench, but that he considered it was indelicate of him to go 

 there when he came there to answer the summons of a poor 

 man ; Mr. Tredennick went outside immediately ; heard him 



