488 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Q. Cau you give me the amount of sales of this cake last year, and this — 
from JJarcli down to July ? 
Mr. D. Seymour. Has there been a falling off? — A. A very large falling 
off indeed. I think in roimd numbers about 1500 tons in the five mouths. 
Mr. Cave: I think you took the whole of that quantity of cake from 
Mr. Kidd ? — A. 1 believe we did, with the exception of a very small quantity 
that Mr. Kidd sent, I think, to his personal friends. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Field. 
Q. Do you know that of your own knowledge ? 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Know what ? 
Mr. Field: That he took all that Mr. Kidd supplied of " Triangle Best" 
linseed cake. 
The Witness : I do. 
Q. Tou know it of your own knowledge, do you ? — A. I do. 
Q. Is this the circular that yoit communicated to Mr. Wells ? (Produces a 
document). — A. Yes, I believe it was. From this distance I recognise it. 
The Associate read the circular. 
A Best Linseed Cakes. 
As we are now able to deliver cakes of the above brand, we beg to make 
you the offer of ten or twenty tons, at 101. per ton, subject to your reply 
in course of post. The cakes we are now getting are of superior qualit}% 
and we think this a good opportunity for buying, as they are decidedly 
cheap. 
Sample No. 723 herewith. 
Best Xew Seed Cottons, 5?. 15s. per tou. 
Superior Old Seed Cottons, 5?. 12s. 6d. per ton. 
J Waiting your orders, 
We are, Yours truly, 
Ayre Brothers. 
Hull, January 19th, 1872. 
Mr. Field : Now, tell me please. Had 5'ou made a special arrangement 
with Mr. Kidd for the manufacture of this particular cake ? — A. Our business 
transactions — 
Q. Had you made a specific arrangement with Mr. Kidd for the manu- 
facture of this particular cake ? — A. 1 don't understand exactly what you 
mean by a specific arrangement. I may state 
Q. Did you make an agreement with Mr. Kidd (I will put it in these 
words), as to the materials of which the cake was to be made ? — A. We did. 
Q. When was that agieement made ? — A. I cannot say ; but a considerable 
time back. 
Q. I want to know that, because I have no information as to tipie. When 
did you make that agreement with Mr. Kidd? Was it in November, or 
earlier ? — A. Earlier considerably. Some years back — I think about four, but 
I cannot say positively. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : It was not in writing, I suppose ? — A. Not ia 
writing. 
Mr. Field : But was that agreement in effect this. The cake was to be 
made and described as " Triangle Best Linseed Cake," to consist of linseed, 
sesame cake, and bran ? — A. That was so. The reason of our doing that, my 
Lord 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Sesame ! It is the first time that I have met with 
that word out of the ' Arabian Nights.' 
Mr. Field : Now, did you order from Mr. Kidd, on the 30th of November, 
