rubble and chunam : Owing to the peculiar position of the adjoining ground. Should that the houses are bona fide two stories, not three, as charged
The ... in the sun unions. basement on the Eastern side
I look upon as cellarage pied the partition walls, to be of 17 inch granite and the Eastern External Walls, 14 inches of brick work with stone cassings to the doors and windows.
Aching. (The Defendant) examined, after being cautioned in the usual Manner.
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Mates - I am a house proprietor, in this colony, to a considerable extent - Town ten different lots of ground, and pay crown rent to the extent of about $700 per annum.
I bought the ground upon which the tenements stand, about February or early in February 1855. – I commenced to test my foundations in March 55, and as the ground required a great deal of excavating, I did not get to stone and mortar before 15th January 1856. Since then I have been constantly