SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



be attested. Such sale shall not take 

 away the prop&rty of the owner 

 if within a period of six months 

 after the theft of the horse, the 

 lawful owner puts his claim before 

 the Magistrate residing in the dis- 

 trict where the animal shall have 

 been found, and within forty days 

 more, prove, on oath of two wit- 

 nesses, that the horse is his pro- 

 perty, tendering to the party in 

 possession the price which bona fide 

 he paid for the animal in market 

 overt. If any of the aforesaid points 

 be neglected, the sale is void ; the 

 owner (purchaser) shall still retain 

 his property, which he may seize 

 or raise action for the restitution 

 of such in the event of its being 

 seduced from his control." 

 In Scotland the matter is different. 

 The proprietor of a stolen horse (goods) 

 could reclaim it from the buyer, pro- 



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