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ment to the purchaser of so much money as he bona 

 fide gave at the fair. Thus stolen horses may be 

 recovered even after a sale in market overt, and 

 that by a summary process before a magistrate, 

 and they so far differ from other stolen goods. It 

 is right to be a little more specific in explaining 

 the regulations which the statute requires to be 

 observed. First, the horse must be exposed openly 

 in the place used for sales for one whole hour, 

 between ten in the morning and sunset, and after- 

 wards brought by both vendor and vendee to the 

 I book-keeper of the fair or market : secondly, toll 

 I must be paid, if any due, and if not, one penny to 

 the book-keeper, who shall enter the price, colour, 

 and marks of the horse, with the names, additions, 

 i and abode of the vendor and vendee : and if the 

 vendor is not known to the book-keeper, the vendor 

 shall bring one credible witness to avouch his 

 knowledge of the vendor, whose name in like 

 manner is to be entered. 



If the horse is stolen, the owner must make his 

 claim within six months, and must prove his pro- 

 perty and tender the price paid, within forty days 

 from making the claim. 



Not many cases appear to have arisen upon the 

 construction of this act, but there is one, Josephs 

 V, Adkins, 2 Starkie, 76, which deserves mention. 



