Alexander Cameron, sworn, said : — I am a grazier at Turakira ; I know botS prisoners ; I have known O'Riley for 20 years ; for some time he kept a hotel at Turaitina called the Shamrock; Lister has been in O'Riley's employ for some time ; I live about a hundred yards from the Shamrock, on the opposite side of the road, and was at Turakina on the morn ing of the fire ; I was roused by a person i about two o'clock ; I got up as quick as possible, and ran up to the Ben Nevis stables, and got out the horses 5 when I reached the Shamrock about half of it was in flames ; I only saw one man, a baker, who was running to the different houses alarming the people; I think I went to wake the Troy family ; the whole of the hotel and stables, and' the stables of tho Ben Nevis were burned down; I remained at the fire the whole time ; there was a large number of people at the fire but I didn't see either O'Biley or Lester there during the fire ; I think I would have seen them if they had been there ; I did not see the Troy family leave the building ; Lister was assisting me for two days this month, the eighth being one ; he took me aside then, and said, " Allick, I know you can keep a secret ;" I said I generally could ; he then said, " Well, I'm going to set the Shamrock ablaze one of these nights ;" I said " Don't set firo to it when the wind is blowing this way, because it will set all the other buildings on fire ;" he said in reply " that is your look out ;" I had an interest in the stables ; I told Mr McDonnell, the proprietor of the Ben Nevis Hotel, what I have just told the Court ; I also told Constable Gwynne j I understood the prisoners were living at Mr Stedman's about 200 yards from the Shamrock Hotel on the other side of the street ; I saw neither Mr Stedman, his wife, or any of the inmates of his house at tho fire; the noise was great enough to rouse anyone 200 yards from the fire. 