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a man had certain lands that he wished to sell, about 6,000 acres; 

 we asked him, if I remember right, to send us a map or something so 

 that we might examinex those lands; we have never" heard from the 

 lands since that; that is the only large body I remember. 

 . Q. Wasn't this man brought there at Long Lake that wanted to 

 build this town hall, wasn't' his name E. Butler? 



A. I couldn't tell you whether it was Butler or not; I don't know. 



Q. "What did Shaw say? 



A. Shaw said in extenuation of his trespass — 



Q. What did Shaw say on that subject ? 



A. That he had opposed the bill and he supposed that the report was 

 instigated because he had opposed this brother-in-law in building this, 

 but whether he said it was Butler or not I couldn't tell you; I knew 

 that that was not the facts of the case; I knew that the warden had 

 ordered Thomas Powers especially to go on that trespass; that he had 

 heard of the trespass through some means, and I know he ordered 

 Mr. Powers to go there and see whether there was a trespass, 

 and when Mr. Powers went there he caught this man, Mr. Shaw, 

 on the land taking off the timber; he ordered him not -to remove the 

 timber surrounding that, this was State land; Mr. Shaw, on the 

 other hand, said he had purchased it at a market sale, and understood 

 he could redeem it; those are the facts of the case as they are. 



Q, How mucli was the complaint against Shaw? 



A. What do you mean, the suit we commenced ? 



Q. Yes. 



A. I don't remember. 



Q. How maDy trees did Shaw cut there ? 



A. It is a difficult matter for me to say exactly how many trees he 

 cut; Mr. Shaw explained a great deal of this timber was down; our 

 agent explained that there was a very small quantity of green timber 

 cut, and we commenced an action against Mr. Shaw covering^ a certain 

 number of trees that we could prove; what that number was, I couldn't 

 tell. 



Q. Did you settle with Shaw the other day when he was here ? 



A. No, sir, we did not. 



Q. I do not think I have anything further to examine, Mr. Basselin, 

 unless the committee suggest something. 



Chairman Ryan. — Mr. Fiero, have you any questions to ask ? 



Mr. Fibeo. — With the permission of the committee, Judge Anibal, 

 who has devoted some time and attention to the matter, will ask 

 Mr. Basselin some questions. 



