Q.  You  stated  that  the  law  could  not  1)e  administered  ;  do
you  mean  by  that  that  you  as  a  magistrate  could  not  issue  a
Avarrant  if  a  man  apjilied  to  you  for  it  ?  A.  No,  sir,  I  don't
mean  that.  I  should  certainly  issue  a  Avarrant  if  a  man  applied
to  me  in  any  case  Avliatever.
Q.  Do  you  know  of  any  sheriff  or  constable  who  would  not
accept  or  serve  a  process  i     A.  No,  sir,  I  don't  know  as  I  do.
Q.  Do  you  mean  that  the  grand  jury  Avould  not  find  bills
that  the  solicitor  sent  them  ?  A.  I  mean  that,  among  all  the
outrages  in  that  county,  I  liave  never  knoAvn  any  prosecutions.
You  cannot  find  evidence  against  them,  and  it  Avas  useless  to
prosecute.
Q.  Do  you  knoAv  of  any  effort  being  made  ^  A.  I  have
knowm  effort  after  effort  and  I  have  known  no  person  convicted
for  those  offences  in  the  county.
Q.  What  efforts  i  A.  Various  efforts.  The  attempts  ol  the
courts  have  almost  signally  foiled.  There  have  been  but  two
or  three  cases  punished.
Q.  Do  you  mean  magistrates  have  had  evidence  placed  be-
fore them  against  men  and  have  failed  to  punish  'i     A.  No,  sir.
Q.  Do  you  mean  that  the  laAv  could  not  be  administered  if
the  evidence  Avas  there  ?  A.  If  the  evidence  could  be  got  I
suppose  it  could  be  administered.
Q.  There  was  no  state  of  terror  that  prevented  the  execu-
tion of  the  law  ?  A.  So  far  as  the  serving  of  warrants,  &c.,
it  could  have  been  done.
17l'()  COURT    OF    IMPEACHMENTS.
{).  The  difficulty  was  in  finding  evidence  on  which  the
criminals  could  be  convicted?  A.  Yes,  sir,  that  was  the
principal  difficulty.
