The Herald of Wales. — 1889-05-18 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PARNELL COMMIS SION.  A PRIEST AND fah LAND LEAGUE There was not a very large attendance of the public at the Parnell Oommission on Tuesday morning to beer further evidence by Father Maloney, from Coat, in Galway. That rev. gentleman, in cross-examination by Sir Henry James, justified a stand being taken against a man who took an evicted farm, assuming the eviction to have been unjust. He was able to give one instance from his own parish of a man of whose eviction the League approved. Father Maloney admitted that at meetings of the branch of the National League with which he was oonnected reeobstions were come to condemning persona for what were oonsidered to be offence.. These eondemnations, however, were of rare occurrence, and in one case, at all events, he tookmeans to stop the carrying out of a resolution. Of boycotting in the matter of wevirions he thought that under no circumstances were necessities of life to be withheld. John Kennedy, from Loughres, gave evidence about the condition of that district when Linton the policeman was murdered, and when Make, the agent, of Linton,was shot, he said that he was generally believed to hoover-officious in the discharge of his duties, and that his murder' could have no connection with the League. Bartholomew Cavara, secretary of the Belcdare Longtime Branch National League, followed with evidence as to the poet present  ....way • Edward Jennings, who wee in the box an hour and a half, kept the court in good humour. Hie continual " Xli, eh," when the .8-ttonleYGeneral, in crose-examination, put a question, celled forth loud laughter. Wm story was to the effect that while there may have been outrages in the Clanbur district of Galway from which he came, they certainly had not been influenced by the Land or the National League.  The examination of John Monaghan from Oughterade, in Gaiway, wee continued at the Parnell Commindon on Wednesday morning. He spoke again of the distress which he had wituessed in Ireland, and in araes-examination admitted that what he said about fines being inflicted on tenants on an estate in Galway was general rather than personal information. Father Egan, parish priest of Donery, Loughrea, gave evidence as to the political and social condition of his district. Father Egan denied that at any time during the regime of the Land League was there, with the exception of Linden's murder, a serious crime in the Woodford locality with which he was acquainted. He repudiated the insinuation that when the Blake murders took place he , showed any want of sympathy with the relatives. In the cross-examination about the diffidulty there wee in burying Finlay the bead!, he said, did not think it his duty to get a coffin. The reverend gentleman was questioned at some length upon his conduct with reference to the fue..l of a proms/I-eerier named Finlay. A difficulty was found in getdug a coffin, and he and Father Coed were asked by a police-sergeant to help in mewing the coffin. They did not give their services became the&w there not properly approached, and because ought a coffin could be got without aicyla.; ;Any from 8013113 other place. m Mammy, a Dublin barrister, stated that he had frequently been employed in cases where claims for injuries were made. Ho stated that in the case of Linton no compensation was allowed because the crime ffid not proceed from political or agrarian senses. Mr. John Roche, from Woodford, gave their lordships an scommt of the formation of the Woodford tenants' defence association, which, In his opinion, prevented the tenants from ejection.