now TO PROCEED IX CASE OF DlSl'UTE. 17j 



jury only consists of five men ; there are few 

 Englishmon who do not think they know all 

 about horses, and amongst the five it is safe to say, 

 Ihero will be one such man who will try to lead 

 liis bri'tliron and got them to adopt liis view. In 

 tlio conflict of evidence usual in horse cases, it 

 requires a mind trained to weighing evidence, to 

 discriminate between the true and false story. 

 Juries of twelve are in this respect better than 

 juries of five, for the former are less liable to be 

 led by one man or to form hasty opinions ; they 

 take their cue in looking at the evidence from the 

 judge's summing up, and, on consultation, usually 

 come to a right conclusion on all simple questions 

 of fact. 



But whether the case is tried by a judge alone 

 or before a jury, the class of evidence and the 

 mode of procedure before advised will be the same. 

 In all cases before the court, accuracy of statement 

 and simple versions are most important ; but more 

 especially is this so in horse cases. The advice 

 then offered to complainants is to tell their story 

 quietly and plainly, speaking out distinctly but 

 not noisily, and they will obtain, if ^NTonged, full 

 justice and redress in a County Com-t, and none 

 the less acceptable because it will be speedy justice. 



